Today’s Title is Tidal

A little homophone and alliteration today was suggested by my favorite blog topic co-conspirator  best friend with a place in the Bahamas for me, and husband. So today’s title is tidal and it’s also Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember and honor those fallen who served in wars beginning with the Civil War. Originally the day was called Decoration Day and decorating the graves of fallen veterans is still a big part of Memorial Day along with picnics and cookouts. Memorial Day is the informal signal for the beginning of summer too. Memorial Day is an American holiday but many other countries have their own days of remembrance, including the Bahamas where veterans of WWI and WWII are honored each November. But this Memorial Day I am reminded that the tides of war are still with us, even if far from our shores, we still have brave men and women paying the ultimate price for our freedoms. In the Bahamas this Memorial Day when the tide recedes, I’ll walk out over the rocks and sand exposed, and observe life in a myriad of tidal pools, some still and some flowing. I’ll count sea urchins with their pointy barbs, tiny tropical fish, crabs and creatures that leave trails of bubbles from hastily dug underwater burrows. I’ll rescue a starfish or two that have washed up too far whose pools are drying up too quickly or have tunnels to the moving tide too narrow to ensure their survival. I’ll reflect on the all the lives touched, including my own, by the tides of war and the sacrifices of those we are tasked with remembering on this day.