Veterans Day History

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On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as "the Great War."

The first Veterans Day was celebrated on Nov. 11, 1919, which was the first anniversary of the end of World War I.

Veterans Day was celebrated as Armistice Day beginning the following year.

November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938.

In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars.

In 1968, the Uniform Holidays Bill moved the celebration of this special holiday to the fourth Monday in October beginning in 1971. However, in 1975 President Ford returned the holiday's observance to the original date of Nov. 11.

Veterans Day Facts

• In 1954, President Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
  
  
• In 1968, the Uniform Holidays Bill was passed by Congress, which moved the celebration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. The law went into effect in 1971, but in 1975 President Ford returned Veterans Day to November 11, due to the important historical significance of the date.
  
  
• Britain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World Wars I and II on or near November 11th: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Britain and the Commonwealth countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11.
  

Veterans Facts

The brave men and women who serve and protect the U.S. come from all walks of life; they are parents, children and grandparents. They are friends, neighbors and coworkers, and an important part of their communities. Here are some facts about the current veteran population of the United States.

• 9.2 million veterans are over the age of 65.
  
• 1.9 million veterans are under the age of 35.
  
• 1.8 million veterans are women.
  
• 7.8 million veterans served during the Vietnam War era (1964-1975), which represents 33% of all living veterans.
  
• 5.2 million veterans served during the Gulf War (representing service from Aug. 2, 1990, to present).
  
• 2.6 million veterans served during World War II (1941-1945).
  
• 2.8 million veterans served during the Korean War (1950-1953).
  
• 6 million veterans served in peacetime.
  
• As of 2008, 2.9 million veterans received compensation for service-connected disabilities.
  
• 5 states have more than 1 million veterans in among their population: California (2.1 million), Florida (1.7 million), Texas (1.7 million), New York (1 million) and Pennsylvania (1 million).
  
• The VA health care system had 54 hospitals in 1930, since then it has expanded to include 171 medical centers; more than 350 outpatient, community, and outreach clinics; 126 nursing home care units; and 35 live-in care facilities for injured or disabled vets.
  
• U.S. Census Bureau and United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  http://www.history.com/topics/veterans-day-facts
  

64 Years Old

I am 64 years old today. 64 years young. I have had 64 years of blessings so far. It has been an awesome ride to date. Life is an adventure. You can’t ask for anything more.

64 years ago today I was born in San Diego, CA, to a wonderful lady named June. This last weekend I went to see her up in Wisconsin. I wrote a blog about it.   Read Blog here!

I was adopted by my fantastic parents, Joe and Fern Hann. I had lots  of childhood blessings. Lots of love, friends and the chance to go to the beach often. Had to throw that in. I love the beach and miss being able to go on a regular basis. Growing up in San Diego was the best.

Graduated from San Diego High School in the top 5% of my class. I was a cheerleader, Class Historian, Year Book Treasurer and a variety of other things.

   I had lots of friends and loved going to school there. I even graduated with my husband Dennis, tho it would be years before we connected and got married.

I attended San Diego State University and have a degree in Accounting. Took the CPA exam with a little push from my mom and passed it on the 1st sitting. I am really thankful for my degree and passing the exam but my heart was never really into accounting.

I had other passions that I didn’t pursue. Lesson to be learned – do what you have a passion for, not something to please your mom. I wanted to be a teacher or photographer, tho I have a natural ability for numbers and math.

I have LOTs of Blessings

I have 12 blessings (Children), 4 by birth, 4 by adoption, 4 by step. Love them all. We have 15 grandchildren blessings, with 1 more on the way this summer. Grandchildren are what it is all about.

Grandchildren are the BEST!! I can’t imagine a day without any one of them. Just wish I lived closer to them. They are spread out from Albuquerque – Knoxville, Houston to

St Louis. Lots of them are just too far to pop over and see. I hate not being there for their special days.

Married my best friend Dennis 13 years ago. He has been a true blessing to me. I can’t imagine life without him. Don’t think I could have gone through all that I have gone through the last 13 years without him. He has been my rock.

Having a personal relationship with Jesus has been a big blessing for the last 37 years. Jesus is the one who gets me through life day by day. Jesus has been the blessing giver, even in the midst of stress, fear and day to day living. Jesus has been with me every inch of the way. Jesus totally = Blessings.

Blessings Abound

I have had 64 years of blessings. OK, it hasn’t all been roses, and I have been through some hard things that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. But overall I have had

wonderful blessings in my life. I really couldn’t ask for better.

Life just keeps getting better. I have an awesome husband, wonderful kids and grandkids,and I love living in the Midwest (tornadoes suck, but other than that), building a powerful on-line business, DS Domination, retired from a J-O-B and I can get out and take pictures with my camera any time I choose. Blessings abound. I couldn’t be happier.

So, for any of you that think growing older is scary or not all it’s cracked up to be – let me assure you, I am 64 and blessings abound.

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Have a wonderful day of blessings,
Charyl aka Mom8isme

Adopted but Not Forgotten

Dennis and I are heading off later today to go visit my birth mom. Yep, I said “birth mom”. I was adopted as an infant. 

About 20 years ago I decided I needed to find and meet her. So, the search began. I had been carrying around a form to fill out and send in to an online search for birth parents and adoptees. I filled it out and sent it in. Then the wait began.

Apparently, the only way for a match was if both mom and child sent the information in. I figured I had a long shot at finding her at best. BUT a couple short weeks later I got my information. I was genuinely surprised. It was exciting to know I was adopted but not forgotten. Me in my adopted mom (Fern Hann's) arms in the picture.

Now, what to do? Didn’t want to freak her out by calling her so wrote her a letter and telling her all she needed to know about me, just in case she didn’t want to write me back. She did write me back and I eventually went up to meet her.

I Was Adopted – The Hard Choice

She is an awesome lady. She made a hard choice putting me up for adoption but I am positive it was the best choice for both of us at the time. I have enjoyed getting to know her from a distance. I have only met her twice. This will be my 3rd time and it’s been about 12 years since I was there last time.Wasn't I cute as a baby.

BUT here is the odd part. She never gave that company her information. In fact, she had never told a single person about me. Even her husband was quite shocked and surprised when my letter arrived. I was adopted but no one knew.

To this day we have no clue how our information got entered in the data base. I have decided it is just one of those mysteries of life. Someone wanted us to find each other. My theory is it’s just one of those “God Things”. We were meant to know each other. I was adopted but God knew where I was all along.

I Was Adopted – The Reunion

Had a wonderful reunion with my birth mom June. She was so surprised when I walked in. I loved the look on her face. I even got a chance to visit with my brother, Gary. What a treat. I am so glad I came. June has had a ton of health problems lately. I am glad I didn't put it off until it was too late.

I have 2 brothers named Gary. One adopted brother and one birth brother. THAT doesn't happen very often.

June is just the sweetest lady around. She had a stroke recently and struggles a bit with her words but her smile tells it all. She often says "yessss", "righttttt" or "noooo". It was quite cute. It was really good to know that even tho I was adopted, I was definitely never forgotten!

It's interesting to me since I was adopted to look at some one besides my children or grandchildren and see similarities. It is something most people take for granted. It was fun to hear June say things like you look just like your brother John. I could even see where I got my smile. It was fascinating. I was adopted but I look like someone. Awesome feeling.

It was so hard to leave. It felt like I was losing something I finally had. Unfortunately, we live 12 hours away so I can't just pop over and visit. I definitely don't want this to be the last time I see her. She is just too precious for that. I was adopted but never forgotten.

Have a fantastic day and be sure to treasure those you love, 

Charyl aka Mom8isme

Video - On My Father's Side

Jesus - On My Father's Side

An awesome video about Jesus, a bit late for Easter but still excellent.

Jesus is My Lord & Savior

Felt this was perfect for a Sunday afternoon. I prefer to think and blog about spiritual things on Sunday. I have been a born-again Christians since 1976. I am proud to say Jesus is My Lord and Savior. Is He yours?

Enjoy your day and be sure to think on Jesus.

Charyl aka Mom8isme

1st Day of the Rest of My Life

Retirement = Freedom

Life begins at retirement.  ~Author Unknown

I woke up this morning retired.  What a novel concept.  I like this feeling.  Yesterday was the last day of my J-O-B at Dynamic Independence.  Now I really do have Independence.

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

re·tire·ment

noun \ri-ˈtī(-ə)r-mənt\

Definition of RETIREMENT

1

a : an act of retiring : the state of being retired

b : withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from active working life

c : the age at which one normally retires <reaches retirement in May>

2

: a place of seclusion or privacy

Well, I like the part about place of seclusion or privacy. But don’t really see that happening. Retirement just means moving into the next phase of my life.

Retirement for Me

For me retirement means ceasing to get up and go to an 8 – 5 J-O-B.  It doesn’t mean that I will cease from earning money or from “working”.  It just means that from today forward – I am my own boss.

I can get up when I want and work when I want.  I can visit my kids and grandkids and do my work from there.  It means totally being on my own schedule.  It means freedom from having a please a boss because I am my own boss.

Operation Free Dennis

When I got up this morning, after I 1^st thought about how awesome it is to be FREE and retired, my next thought was I need to FREE Dennis.  Consequently, Operation Free Dennis has been born.  Dennis works so hard and such long hours.  He deserves to be FREE just as much or probably more than I do.

Operation Free Dennis sounds like one of those nature things – Free the whales or something.  Just saying it will make me smile.  But that doesn’t mean it is any less serious.  From today forward until he is Retired.  I will be working on Operation Free Dennis.

Retirement as a Team

Retirement has been a discovery of beauty for me.  I never had the time before to notice the beauty of my grandkids, my wife, the tree outside my very own front door.  And, the beauty of time itself.  ~Hartman Jule

Heck, I want him to be with me when I go see the kids and grandkids and travel.  He is just as much a part of their lives as I am.  We are a team.  We want and need to be doing these things together.  Retirement need to be for both of us.

I am just thankful that we already have the vehicle to make this happen.  We joined Empower Network back the end of November.  We have had a few setbacks but from this day forward I am going to take massive action.

DS Domination

Making DSD totally successful and Operation Free Dennis is my passion.  DS Domination is a fantastic company.  I am learning and growing and becoming a better person every day because of them.

Do you have a dream or passion?  Do you need a way to make it happen?

Make your Dreams come True

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Have a great day and start your path towards your dreams,

Charyl aka Mom8isme

Retirement Time

5 Days until Retirement

Life begins at retirement. ~Author Unknown

Retirement is such an awesome word. The word retirement means: Noun

The action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work. The period of one's life after leaving one's job and ceasing to work. Sounds wonderful doesn’t it. Just sitting around eating bon-bons and sleeping in until Noon. Does sound pretty good at least for the 1st week. But that isn’t how I picture my retirement being. Retiring from my 8 – 5 gives me time to start my own home based business. Retirement means Blogging More I have no intention of sitting around relaxing and watching TV. I have way too much to do for that. My plan is to be up blogging and marketing my business. And the funny thing is – I am more excited about doing that than just about anything else lately. OK, I am also excited about my new grandbaby coming in August.  But the cool part is that not having a regular job gives me the chance to be there when Jay and Meredith have their little one. It gives me the chance to see all my grandkids when I can’t stand not seeing them one second longer. It also gives me the chance to visit my birth mom one more time before it’s too late. Blogging as I Travel During My Retirement

All I have to do is pack the laptop or Ipad and blog away while I am traveling. It gives Dennis and I the opportunity to go to Chicago in a few weeks for the Empower Network Convention. I don’t have to worry about having enough hours of vacation time or asking my boss permission.

In May we have 3 graduations, in one week, in 3 different states. Saturday step daughter, Lisa graduates from college in Arkansas, Monday step son Peter graduates from Vet school in Louisiana and the next Saturday granddaughter Sydney graduates from high school in New Mexico. We can be at them ALL!!!

Route 66 to the End!!

When that is finished – we are heading to California on Route 66. We have done 2 legs of Route 66 on long 4 day weekends in the past. Last May we traveled Chicago to Vinita, OK, and in September we went from Vinita to Tucumcari, New Mexico. We will finish from New Mexico to California.

You can bet, you will see lots of pictures on this blog from our travels. Traveling, writing (blogging) and taking pictures are the things I love to do. This so-called retirement will give me the opportunity to fulfill my dream.

Join Me in the Fun

If this is a life you would be interested in – all you have to do is Click the Link below, add your email address, watch the video and I will be back in touch with you. I would love for you to join me in my Retirement fun.

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Have a wonderful day,

Charyl aka Mom8isme

A New Year Dawns

This is a new day.  A new beginning. And things will change.

Taylor Swift

It is a new day and a new year.  OK, I am a bit behind the times but then somethings just can't be helped.  Had spinal neck surgery 2 weeks ago and have had the stomach flu since the end of last year.  Who would have thought a person could crave jello and chicken noodle soup.  Well, I sure have.  And it is nice to be able to keep it down.  Progress.  I am on the road to recovery.

Well, I discovered a couple days ago that I have a serious character flaw.  I have over the years allowed my passion muscle to shrivel up into nothingness.  Not good.  Discovered that I was just pretty much existing day to day with no passion or excitement.  I realized I need to get my life out of neutral and into gear.  Actually if you want to read the longer version of this lack of passion odyssey you can click and see the whole post. Anyways, I need to have a life filled with beautiful colors not drab grey.

But the bottom line is that my desire for 2013 is to learn to be "on fire" and passionate for Jesus and for the new venture that Dennis and I have embarked on.  Over the years I have allowed too much bad juju to get in the way of my dreams and desires.  I have allowed myself to feel like I was stuck in a hole with no way out.  The the truth is that the golden ring has always been there for me to grab.  No one or thing has kept me down.  I have chosen to stay down and take the easy, default path.  No longer.  I am going to choose the golden ring and have a life that shines. 

Dennis and I have 15 beautiful impressionable grandchildren.  I want to have a life and be a person that they can learn from.  Looking back I see that our 12 kids pretty much saw a bleak nothingness life in us.  Why would they want to emulate that?  We have pretty much lost our chance to make an impact on them but if we change things and do things right from now on, we might, just might have the chance to  make a positive influence on the grandkids.  And they are so worth it.  I want my grandchildren to grow up being on fire for Jesus and for life in general.  I want them to have that passion that makes a person sparkle and succeed in whatever they attempt in life.

Life is short.  You only have one chance to leave a legacy.  I am a bit late getting out of the starting gate but as long as I have breath, I have an opportunity to make an impact.

Have a wonderful day,

Charyl