Happy Saturday! I was recently reading my favorite blogs and learned about something NEW (to me): The Six Sentence Story blog hop. The theme of the post I was reading was RANK, so I immediately wrote my Six Sentence Story about RANK because the theme held special meaning for me this week. Well, I soon realized that theme was for waaayyyy back in February! Oh well, I’m posting it anyway! :o) But I’ll also include my Six Sentence Story for this week’s theme: MINUTE. Here goes!

RANK:

This coming Monday, 30 June 2025, will be my Retirement Day! Instead of researching the families of unaccounted-for service members from WWII with ranks such as PVT, SSGT, SGT, 1LT, 2LT, CPT, etc., I will be leaving those duties to others. I wish them much success in their research, because it is such important work. It has been an honor, and I will always cherish the phone calls I had with family members who exclaimed, “Thank you for the work you are doing – our loved ones will never be forgotten!”. I will miss explaining to those family members how their mitochondrial DNA or their y-DNA or their SNP could possibly help identify their relative. Thank you, soldiers (of all ranks), and your families, for your service!

(The image above was AI generated)

Now on to this week’s theme!

MINUTE

My one and only grandchild turns one year old today! The minute she opens her eyes, she will see the hard work of her parents…the gifts, the decorations etc. The minute she tastes cake for the first time will be a joy to see. The minute she rips the colorful paper off her gifts will be so fun for her! How did all the minutes, hours and days go by so quickly? One year old today, sweet precious girl!

Have a wonderful weekend. I hope you learn or do something NEW!