So, it's 2:00 AM and I'm sitting beside my husband at his job, keeping him company and looking at articles on a few major "news" providers. I saw a collage of pictures taken from a variety of protests, and it took me a minute to organize my thoughts on a hot topic of our time: peace.

I don't find peace demonstrations by their basic nature to be offensive. I appreciate people who pray for peace and demonstrate for peace when peace itself is all they are requesting. However, when they cross the line into anti-Bush, anti-military, anti-violence, I get really angry.

Take a group like Code Pink, for instance. They have harassed recruiters and recruits alike, drawing the very obnoxious and ignorant conclusion that the military breeds warmongers. I have also seen signs that equate military force with terrorism. These people, of course, are also the ones who will tell you that law-abiding citizens don't have the right to keep and bear firearms. But I digress...

I really hope for peace on Earth. I hope that one day, all of our hard work in foreign lands will have paid off, and we will be able to leave these countries, confident that they can stand on their own. And by peace on Earth, I mean real peace, not the imitation type which results from us calling it quits before the job is done. Most importantly, I pray for peace of mind for the loved ones of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. On this Memorial Day, may they be blessed with fond memories of their heroes, and the confidence that their sacrifice was not made in vain. May God bless them all.