BW46: We Honor You Today by Susan R. Smith

 

We Honor You Today

By

Susan R. Smith

To all of our veterans

Far and near.

We thank you for your service

For all those years.

You sacrificed your time,

And some gave your life.

You preserved our freedom

By willingly paying the price.

Many of you

Were sent overseas.

You were wounded in battle,

With scars and disease.

But courageous and brave,

You weathered the storm.

You faced every battle

With faith and beyond.

We honor you with joy

For all that you've done.

You stood strong for our country,

For our daughters and sons.

So no one stands alone,

We walk hand in hand.

Remember, we are with you.

Together we shall stand.

We salute you today.

Hear what we say.

Let our words speak eloquently

In this special way.

On this day,

Let us express our love and thanks

For the sacrifice you paid.

You served in honor

For many years and days,

And we will never forget

How you were strong and brave.

BW45: Let's take a road trip through through History, Humor, Hobbies and more!

 

Happy Sunday! Let's take a road trip through history, humor, hobbies, and more.  Welcome to Nonfiction November in which we honor and read a wide variety of categories that are fact based.  Or at least we hope so.  When I told my husband I was planning on reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, he said it's fiction.   I disagreed but when I looked it up, found a variety of opinions and the main consensus is Zen is a fictionalized Autobiography in which the author took creative license with the subject matter.  *sigh*  And hubby hated it when he read it way back when.  Thank you for bursting my bubble. I'll make up my own mind what I think of the story when I read it.    A few people who shall remain nameless have fooled me in the past with their fictionalized autobiographies which resulted in me tossing their books across the room in disgust.  However, there is literary nonfiction or creative nonfiction which I love to read which uses literary styles and techniques similar to fiction but is actually based on fact to tell a story, rather than a dry tome regurgitating facts.  

Whether any of the books listed in the links are nonfiction, creative nonfiction, or fictionalized autobiographies, I'll let you be the judge. 

Slate’s List of Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years

47 Memoirs Everyone Should Read

Humorous Non-Fiction

20 tasty and tantalizing food memoirs

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

Happy Reading!