This is a picture of my father (center), my uncle, and my aunt in 1945, after Japan surrendered to end World War II. Yesterday we properly honored the sacrifices of the men and women who fought and still fight for our freedom. And we long for peace. Those three children knew nothing then of who they would become and what would happen in the world as they grew older. Peace was followed by the horrors of communist / totalitarian regimes and the cold war, Korea, Vietnam (where that little girl’s future husband would perish), the Gulf War, 9/11, the second Gulf War, and other wars and conflicts around the globe. We know almost nothing of what the next 65 years will hold, but we pray for peace.