Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

Again I find myself struggling to write something.  This time the problem is more the topic I want to breach.  Memorial Day versus Veteran’s Day.  This is Memorial Day weekend and I have often reposted several items discussing why being thanked for our service to the country makes a veteran uncomfortable on Memorial Day.  The arguments are often articulate, well researched and really don’t help because they don’t really convey just how difficult it is.  I understand everyone wants to show respect, and consider how many over the years have not it is great to get that.  This year it has been especially hard for me as this is thirty years since I lost my brothers in arms and despite what any of the mind doctors say it does not get easier it in some ways has gotten harder. So I am decided to express my feelings in a form that does sometimes help me.  My writing.   I wrote the following as a possible chapter in my book that would provide a...

Wow, Memorial day is tomorrow and to be perfectly honest until I started seeing all the Facebook posts I had not realized it was here.  This is probably one of the more significant "holidays" to me other than Easter and Christmas.  More so than Independence Day or even Veteran's day and the ever growing list of governmental holidays.  So how did it get so close without me realizing it.  Basically it is a lesser known USA holiday to the rest of the world.  When overseas most folks recognize our Independence Day as something big to us and would say something when they saw us on the streets.  I wonder how all the Germans, Australians and British feel about Tanzanians wishing them a Happy Independence Day on July 4th.  Folks here don't seem to distinguish to well between where Muzungu's come from.  If you are white you are going to have someone try and speak English to you.  Of course that is fair since the real definition of Muzun...