A Better Tomorrow

People have told me I am a talented writer. I don’t know if this is true. But today I would like to share some of my feelings with you. Tonight, as I sit here watching the National Memorial Day Concert as I have done pretty much ever year I am suffering from moments of reflection. It makes me realize just how much people in this world have sacrificed to protect our way of life. But yet it goes much deeper than that. Love is called the universal language. Yet it seems to go unheeded. I see more and more anger and hatred in the world. We have become a world of entitlement, finger pointing, and deceit. Jealousy runs rampant. Oh, there are moments, rare moments of kindness. Acts of bravery go unrecognized or if they are it is only for a moment. What are we becoming? Personally and professionally. The big talk this week in the city besides making history with a new Mayor was how violent of a weekend would there be? It is a shame that such a thing even exists. I am lucky to have been a Father to four successful children and that is truly something to celebrate. Professionally I feel like I was a success as a Chicago Police Officer attaining the rank of Sergeant. I often wonder, could I have been more? Done more? Was as I as helpful as I could have been? I believed I was, but only others can be my judge. I see news reports attacking my profession with hardly a mention of all the good they do. Veterans towed the line to protect our Freedom. First responders stand united to protect our lives. They suffer as we all suffer wondering when will the madness end and why it has to exist in the first place. Personally I believed in love. The kind of love that I always thought would last forever when you love that special someone. I have seen what that kind of love could be and what happens when it leaves ones life. I have experienced it, the joys that exist when you have found it and the pain that comes when it leaves you. No one knows what tomorrow brings, well for me it’s back to work at the ballpark. While we celebrate this Memorial Day, let us not forget what got us here. Let us not forget the people that got us here. And let us pray for a better tomorrow.