marines: Dreaming on this Memorial Day Weekend 2016
- 05/29/16 02:33 AM
It's hard to believe it's May 2016 already. Memorial Day is tomorrow, but today we'll be hosting a picnic at our Multi-gen home for family and friends who didn't go camping on this busy three-day weekend. We hope most people will take a moment to remember the "why" of this important holiday. It's a bittersweet time of the year as we honor our late nephew, Gene Mills, who died, at the age of 21, in Afghanistan on June 22, 2012. It's still hard to fathom. His younger brother, Jake, who followed in his footsteps, is also a proud Marine. He's at Camp Lejeune right now. We have yet … (19 comments)
marines: Semper Fi to a young marine
- 06/23/12 10:02 AM
You read about it and you see it on the evening news. Another young man or woman killed in some godforsaken place. You shake your head in disbelief and sometimes shed a tear. After all, can't we all imagine the horror of losing a beloved child to war? Except this week it was different for our family. We returned home on Friday afternoon to a phone message asking my husband to call his brother, who lives in Maryland. I could hear the words, “Oh no, oh no,” through my office door. The marines had just left their sister’s home. A … (22 comments)
Debb Janes and Bernie Stea have been a real estate team for over a decade in Clark County, WA, where they specialize in ViewHomes™, family estates, multi-generational living, and homes with large lots or acreage.
It's hard to believe it's May 2016 already. Memorial Day is tomorrow, but today we'll be hosting a picnic at our Multi-gen home for family and friends who didn't go camping on this busy three-day weekend. We hope most people will take a moment to remember the "why" of this important holiday.
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