{"id":3975,"date":"2017-05-29T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T22:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2025-09-13T06:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:49:15","slug":"remembering-the-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2017\/05\/29\/remembering-the-fallen\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Fallen on Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/holidays\/us\/memorial-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memorial Day<\/a> and Grace and Carly and I are having a quiet day remembering the fallen. \u00a0In fact, Grace went to the movies and a sleepover at her friends house, so now it is just Carly and me. \u00a0We all know the significance of today and the sacrifices that were made and continue to be made. \u00a0Fortunately, we aren&#8217;t as saddened as so many families because we don&#8217;t have any family members that made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>I found this image that truly brings home the significance of today and our hearts go out to all of you who are mourning the loss of a loved one today.\u00a0 We are all remembering the fallen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/memorial-baker-6jpg-4bd7740fdc0cadd4.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering the Fallen\" width=\"620\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/memorial-baker-6jpg-4bd7740fdc0cadd4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/memorial-baker-6jpg-4bd7740fdc0cadd4-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is Memorial Day and Grace and Carly and I are having a quiet day remembering the fallen. \u00a0In fact, Grace went to the movies and a sleepover at her friends house, so now it is just Carly and me. \u00a0We all know the significance of today and the sacrifices that were made and continue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[921],"tags":[614],"class_list":["post-3975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-inspiration-and-motivation","tag-memorial-day","czr-hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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