I am so grateful for all our home-grown heroes are doing for us and have done. I will certainly be honoring them today. Thanks for the touching article.

thank you for this wonderful article! i was a navy kid growing up - so proud of my dad and all the US servicemen! i do not think that they are told 'thank you' enough for all that they've done and are doing for this country. :)

Very touching article. One of the most profound moments of my life was standing at the Wall in Washington DC with my husband who was a Vietnam vet and looking at the endless names, and the vets all saying to each other "welcome home brother".

Thank you to armed service personnel everywhere... we really DO appreciate all that you do for us.

Thank you for including this article! Happy Memorial Day to all!

Very moving. Thank you.

thanks for sharing your story.

Thanks for sharing this story. Happy Memorial day, and thanks to all the armed forces, men and women, past and present...

Thanks for this touching Memorial Day article. I hadn't heard of the Homefront Team before. Much gratitude to those (and their families) who have served to protect us.

Monster- what a beautiful write up. We are Navy, and my husband's last command just left for deployment yesterday. All my friends, 1/2 currently expecting their first children (can we say baby boom), all just said goodbye to their husbands while they stay home, care for their growing bellies, and make birth plans, NOT including their husbands. We sacrifice chunks of our lives, and as you site in this article...we sometimes give up much more. However, we are full of pride, and in awe of bravery. I'm thankful to all that have served, are serving, and all that support them and recognize them. Thank you!

RIP Soliders...you are not forgotten.

Thank you Etsy for publishing this post! Its an amazing true article about Memorial Day! Thanks Jennifer for your amazing story. I couldnt be happier, just the wrong shop for my name! haha :)

RIP Soldier...you are not forgotten.

Thank you Jen for the touching write-up and to Etsy for giving proper respect to our service members (and their families). Today (just as I do every day) I give thanks to my friends and former soldiers that are still deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. And especially to those who have given their lives. You are always in my thoughts.

Wonderful article!

Jennifer and Teri, you did a wonderful job writing this piece. I sometimes find it hard to sum up how I feel during Memorial Day, because words get lost in the heaviness that I feel for our fallen men and women of the armed forces not just on this day, but everyday of the year. Thank you for showing with such clarity how it feels to mourn and appreciate our brave men and women who serve America and protect our freedoms.

Thank you to all who gave their ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

Bravo Monster and Teris, excellent article! Happy Memorial Day everyone:)

what an awesome article. Thank you for sharing with us.

monster - thanks for the amazing write up! i am proud to be a part of this fantastic team...all wonderful, amazing people supporting wonderful, amazing people!

Wonderful article!

Happy memorial day to all Americans from this Canadian! I hope you all enjoy this day and honor your bravest!

Jen thank you for this article. I hope more people get to read it before heading out to their picnic and family time so that they appreciate the precious time they have with family.

Happy Memorial Day! Have fun and stay safe.

Maybe we all know someone who is affected by some war. I've known many. I am not a fan of war, but proud to be American, and thankful to those who have served to protect my freedom. Wonderful Article.

May we never forget our glorious dead who paid the supreme sacrifice. And thank you to all the men and women who serve and have served to keep our nation free. God Bless America!

Wonderfully written Jen and Teri! As a proud military wife I could not have said it better. My everyone feel the pride today and always that we should have as Americans!

Thank you Jen for this heartfelt article. I'm so touched I don't really have words to express how I feel. Have a Happy Memorial Day and remember....

Monsterbug and Teris, this is a wonderful tribute to those who have fallen for our freedoms! such a touching story! we all need to remember! Thank you to all who have served!

Thank you to the Homefront Team and all the military personnel and families who sacrifice so much! We're forever grateful.

thanks for reminding us to remember the true meaning of this holiday. it's easy to think of today as just a family get-together, a cook-out day, a day off from work. i am thankful for the opportunity to count my blessings and express my gratefulness to be living in the land of the free and the home of the brave. and i am thankful for the people who have given their lives to ensure that it remains so.

Thank You so much for sharing this tribute!

To All People in the Service and their families back home: THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

Thank you for this wonderful article and for all who have served and sacrificed for our freedom. Thank you also to the Homefront Team for supporting your loved ones and sharing your work and endeavors here on Etsy.

As my painting above says, "God bless and keep them". I'm very proud to be the granddaughter of two WWII veterans, one of whom is still alive at 91 and is a recipient of the Bronze Star. Happy Memorial Day to all currently serving our country and the families who support them!

Jen: Thank you for this write up. As an Army wife and Navy daughter each year Memorial Day holds a new a deeper meaning in my heart that is forever growing, not because of the holiday itself, but because of the connections that my family has with people serving and who have past away. Your post is truly beautiful and captures what I often try to articulate about how it feels when we go to remember the ones that we love, know and knew. Prayers to all the families this memorial day - may it truly be a day of peace.

Thank you, to those who serve our country and their families.

all of my family serves in the military in various branches. It makes me very proud. Thank you to everyone else who serves!!!

Love those small bright beads!

Thank you to those who protect us.

Amen!

what a wonderful article. Thank you, both for what your family sacrifices & for sharing.

wonderful article! Thank you:)

Beautiful post!

To all the brave men and women out there, their families and all the veterans that have served before, because of you this is the land of liberty and freedom. God bless you all and the USA!

My father-in-law, now 94, served during WWII, my father served during the Korean War. I'm so proud of both of them and thankful to them and all of the other men and women who have served our country. We own them a huge debt of gratitute.

Wonderful tribute. Standing and saluting!!

Thank you for a wonderful tribute

Thanks so much for sharing a very touching story and a great reminder of what today really is all about. I have so much gratitude for all of the brave men and women who have served, or are currently serving our country, and their families. Thanks for all that you do so that we can have our freedom! My father served in Viet Nam and I am so very proud of him.

wonderfully done Jen & Teri! The Homefront team is awesome! :) They keep me sane during this deployment!

The view of a Memorial Day through the eyes of a Military Spouse at wartime is something not many people can truly understand, but your words have painted a heart-wrenchingly wonderful picture of it. Thank you.

I appreciate your article. It really hits home as this year's Memorial Day will be celebrated with one less. My husband is away training for his deployment to Iraq. Thank goodness there is a whole fleet :) of supporters out there. Makes it all worth it. Happy Memorial Day to all who have given us the opportunity to Celebrate it. Thank you Joe. Be safe.

Thank you.

Great article and eyeshuttertothink's photo is amazing! We at senioritis would like to send a big thanks to the men and women, past and present, who protect our way of life on a daily basis. We truly appreciate everything that you do, thank you.

i thank God for all those troops who has given so much to our country..thanks for taking a moment of observation this is great!

My grandfather and three uncles served, but my dad was the only one to actually be deployed into action during the Korean War. I served 10 years with the U.S. Army and I am the only military service member of my generation in my family. I have a special bond with my father. We have an understanding that only two people who have served in the military can share, even though I served 35 years after he did. Thank you for the wonderful article that made me pause to think a little deeper today.

Jen and Teri, Great article, very well written. I'm proud to be part of the Homefront Team and love getting to know everyone on the team. Happy Memorial Day to all the current and former servicemember's and their families.

From a fellow military spouse, thank you for this article!

And I'm proud to be an American (and Army spouse)! Thank you for such a beautiful and heartfelt tribute!

A very moving story. Thank you for sharing on this special day in the life of our nation.

great article, definitely worth reflecting on, thank you for sharing.

As a military wife, this article hits home for me. Thank you for honoring our heroes.

Wonderful article! Thank you so much for including my charm and I would also like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you military and spouses!

This was a lovely post. Thanks to all military families out there for all of your sacrifices - large and small.

Thank you to our service men and women! Always brings a tear to my eye reading these tributes!

Happy Memorial Day everyone!

Thanksgiving is the day we give thanks for the things we have; Memorial Day is the day we give thanks for those who fought for the things we have. THANK YOU!!

Thank you for such an intimate perspective into the family of the armed forces. blessings

Thinking of those who serve and their families today. Thank you.

We all need to remember the fallen soldiers today and give thanks for their sacrifices.

Very moving post. Thank you so very much for sharing.

Bless all our troops and their families!

Lovely post, very touching!

How did Enuwbe spend this memorial day weekend. I guess like most, at the side of a pool enjoying the sun with my three kids. However, my husband spent the weekend in Washington D.C. at a gravesite in the national cemetery. I have never made it public that Enuwbe is owned by a military spouse and veteran. :) I keep my military affiliation pretty quiet on Etsy. As a military wife, the military can often make all the choices for you. So, etsy is my alter ego. For anyone reading these comments, you are the few to know this little secret. :) Closing my shop to prepare for deployments and moves is nothing new to us. :) Thank you HomeFront for the wonderful memorial day tribute!

Thank you for this special tribute. Here is a post and pics of my experience as a military wife. Thank you for your support and thanks to all the families who have sacrificed so much more than I can ever imagine! http://lovelybud.typepad.com/lovely-bud/2010/05/we-remember-and-we-are-thankful.html

BTW: How is Fort Rucker doing? We spent about a year and a half there going through flight school. OH-58

Thank you to the Home Front Team for your sacrifice.

So sad:>( You have a lot of courage girl!! Keep up the good work:>)

Thanks for this touching Memorial Day article.

Well done, Jennifer. This was beautiful. Our family loves our soldiers and their families. We owe you all so much. Thank You is never enough.

Thank you! I am a military wife also, and it's nice to see other families on here. Wonderful article!

Thank you to all servicemen and women and their families. You know, there are no words to express... thank you.

This is so touching. Thank you so much for the article. My uncle was stationed at Ft. Rucker. Helicopter Pilot. God Bless our men and women in uniforms and their families.

Thank you for the important article! Great to learn about your team! XO

Jen: Such a beautiful article. Thank you so much.

Thanks for sharing~

Thanks for honoring our military loved ones this day. As a Navy wife it means a lot to see all your support.

Very touching story, my grandfather fought in the second world war and was a member of the british navy he travelled to new york as part of his tour of duty. I visited there recently it was great to see that many of the places he visited are still there today!

I enjoyed your article very much. As a former Marine married to another former Marine I have been both on the frontlines and in the home trenches. I can tell you that both sides are equally difficult. Something our family does on Memorial Day (and Veteran's Day too) is to put out flags on the graves of all those veterans locally who have gone before. There are 3 cemetaries our family alone has volunteered to be responsible for and we work with others each year to do the really big one in town and several other small ones. Each year the number of veterans that are able to come out to help dwindles. Each year there are more flags. It is truly an humbling experience. Thank you etsy and the HomeFront Team for honoring all veterans and military. Thank you to the lovely people who wrote the article. God Bless You.

As a Navy spouse, I was touched to read this story. Thanks Etsy for taking the time to recognize the military spouses & family members in this community.

Gosh am I a sucker for red white and blue anything! Can't help myself! LOL! :) Great blog and God Bless Our Troops! May they come home safe to those that love them.

This is a fantastic blog article. Would have been nice to see a few FPs yesterday though made up of salutes to the military. However, cudos to Etsy for the blog article! Semper Fi!

To the authors of this article and to the HomeFrontTeam, thank you for honoring the veterans with this wonderful article. Coming from several generations of Veterans, Memorial Day has always been a day of remembrance for my family. NOTE TO ETSY: I was hoping to see more Front Page Selections devoted strickly to Veterans and Memorial Day this past weekend (or at least on Memorial Day)to show Etsy's support. Unfortunately, this was not the case. There were many treasures prepared by Etsians in Treasury, Treasury East, Treasury West with a Memorial Day theme that could have been selected for the FP; enough that Etsy could have run them all day. I persoanlly believe, that we as citizens, can't do enough to bring attention to remembering those that gave the ultimate sacrafice for this country. Etsy, please consider dedicating Treasuries on Veterans Day to a Patriotic Veteran Theme only. There are 364 other days of the year to market the rest of our Etsy items.

Thank you for this wonderful post. We were so fortunate to attend the home coming ceremony for our son at Fort Campbell KY this past week. So many others stationed there had just shipped out to Afghanistan, so this homecoming was a "breath of fresh air" according to the local papers. We wish to thank all the military, past and present, for their courageous service.

This was such a "heartfelt" article...We sometimes take for granted our military and their families...I would like to say a special thank you to you, your children and especially your husband for the sacrifice you make to keep us safe...."Thank you and May GOD keep and bless you".

We have a nation of heroes. Very well done.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/48148023/fourth-of-july-flags-and-fireworks

Thanks for all your sacrifices military personnel and your families!

Thank you for this beautiful article, it really struck a note in my fairly young heart. I have 4 uncles who have all served in different branches of the military, all brothers of my dad who is the youngest of them. Though not all of them are alive today, they still hold a place in the memory of my dad. He was watching Band of Brothers yesterday, and I could tell it stirred up memories of his brothers telling stories of being in Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. I currently have a cousin(more like a brother) who is in Afghanistan. He's a Navy corpsman (pardon my spelling if it's wrong) and he's attached to a group of Marines, staying with an Italian unit for the time being.(He said they make the BEST pizza :) I feel it's not enough for me to say thank you for what you and your husband have been through, but for telling your children about the wars past. It's sad to know the younger generation may not have the same perspective or knowledge or appreciation for those who have served and are currently serving. With all the thanks an 18-year old heart can hold, thank you and God Bless

As the mother of a soldier currently on his third deployment I appreciate Etsy honoring our soldiers. Yes I cry today for my son far away, but I am proud he carries with him honor and grace as he serves you and me, by protecting us as we enjoy our freedom.

Thank you for posting this. We don't honour the best men & women our country has to offer often enough, but every bit helps.

We truly don't know the sacrifice that these military families give to protect us. I was just a mother looking in to my daughters life the first two times he left to go to Korea & Iraq. The second time with a two month old we packed up the house and baby took him to the bus and drove two states to my house, everyday we didn't hear anything was joy. This third time she has become so strong and learned in her ways I barely hear from her, god bless them all!

wonderful post! Proud to see etsy supporting our men and women in the service.

What a wonderful blog post. I live near Patrick AFB in Florida, where many airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing returned home from combat on Memorial Day. No doubt it was a special day all around for those soldiers. And thank you kindly for including my "Aviation in the USA" photo print in both your article & featured listings. I am honored!

GOD Bless the soldier & USA! Bring 'em home soon :) My father fought during WWII~ GOD BLESS THE VET!

GOD BLESS THE VET! We salute you ALL!

Beautiful article! Thank you Homefront Team. :)

What a beautiful article and a wonderful team!