Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

The first week of May, I made my annual sojourn to the Beulah Cemetery to mow the grass. Upon arrival I was amazed and heartened to see that someon3 had already done my deed. Not only had they mowed the entirety of it, they had trimmed each and every grave of old grass and bushes!

Who could that be? I later found out it was members of the “Cowboy Church” who gave freely of their time and effort. Thank you, thank you! What an amazing and heartfelt gesture.

And again last week, I mowed the cemetery for the upcoming Memorial Day. What a proud moment it was for me to again see the community’s pride in our little cemetery. Not since my father and his battalion of “ol’ cronies” has the cemetery looked so fine.

I will continue to mow the cemetery on a regular basis, as I have done since before losing my parents. Though my waning years, please don’t complain if it gets a little long and shaggy sometimes, or if I miss a spot here and there.

I know and trust someone will continue on as I waver in the coming years. This is my “community service” in honor of all who have come before us. We are survivors of survivors! And lest we not forget those who sacrificed and fought for the freedoms and rights and privileges that some seem to only take for granted today.

Remember…freedom is not free! America...home of the free because of the brave.

Thank you!

David Ellsbury