If You Can't Fly It The Right Way, Then I'd Rather You Didn't Fly It At All!

      The American Flag is so beautiful, and it stands for so many things important to who we are and our country.

I had to stop at Wal-Mart on my home this afternoon to buy aspirin and an onion.  I parked and as I was walking up to the building, I was looking at the terrible mis-matched paint they used to paint the top of the building.  My attention was quickly diverted to our American Flag.      

There it hung. Half way down the pole, wrinkled up against the building, and upside down.  I thought to myself it was a terrible shame and that it should be corrected A.S.A.P.  I do understand, that our weather has been extremely diverse over the last few weeks between wind, snow, rain, and whatever else Mother Nature thinks she can throw our way.  Sometimes things such as the flag becoming tangled within itself are going to happen. I walked into the building and up the one of the two greeters near where they keep the carts.  I had to interrupt their conversation finally to let them know about the flag.  I explained to her that I had noticed the condition of our flag and that perhaps someone should correct it.  I was very kind about it, why wouldn't I be?  She looked at me vaguely like maybe she didn't understand what I was talking about.  I repeated myself, this time indicating that it was our AMERICAN FLAG hanging in disgrace.  She just looked at me and said okay, almost as if she couldn't believe I had even bothered to say anything at all.

I made my purchases and headed for home.  I watched along my drive for other flags to see how they were being displayed.  Every last one of them was displayed correctly and flying proudly, from private residences to the airport and factory's.

None of my friends or family currently serve our country.  But I proudly support those who do.  I just feel that if so many people are fighting for our flag and what it stands for, the very least we can do it to make sure we represent our flag properly, and understand why we should do so.

Maybe I am jumping to conclusions or speaking too quickly, and perhaps I wouldn't have even mentioned it again at all, if the greeter wouldn't have looked and talked to me the way she did when I addressed it.  Maybe I am just sensitive today, but I will drive by there again tomorrow to see if it has been corrected.