Sirus Digital Newsletter – Edition 97

(No, I don’t know French! I had to Google it. Imagine my surprise to find out that Trois is not just a character from Star Trek – Next Generation! #WhoWouldThunkIt)

Most of you know that I serve as an Adult Leader for my Sons’ Scouts BSA troop. After a couple of years of hiatus after my oldest turned 18, I am back involved with my youngest who is just starting.

This week marked my third camping trip in as many months. Additionally, I am scheduled for a week-long Summer Camp that will start in two weeks!

[Editor’s Note: Our June 6th edition will be written & scheduled before we leave. That will be Edition #99 with NUMBER 100 scheduled to come out the Monday after we return home! Be on the lookout as I am already thinking of some ways we can celebrate the milestone.]

This past weekend, our trip visited a Civil War re-enactment in Resaca, GA.

As much as it was hot watching the re-enactment on the field, it is not overlooked how hot it was for the re-enactors who were wearing period-accurate clothing (largely dark, wool uniforms; many with coats) carrying gear as Civil War soldiers would have carried.

As difficult as it was for the re-enactors, it makes you respect those who actually fought in these battles!

Even re-enacting, all of the participants went home to their families. Few experienced discomforts beyond sunburn or heat exhaustion or dehydration. Injuries were likely minimal.

This was a gathering of friends and comrades remembering and showing respect to ancestors whose cost of participation was much greater!

According to one of the re-enactors, the regiment whom his team represents joined the battle in the early 1860s. They started with over 1200 men. By the end of the war, less than 120 returned home!

The opportunity for our kids to get some minimal glimpse of what life was like for others in another time is invaluable!

It was worth whatever little bit of sweat and discomfort I “endured”!

In a couple of weeks, I’ll happily do it again!

Have a great week!
-D

P.S. As I mentioned, we are quickly approaching Edition 100 of this newsletter. I appreciate those of you who have been here from the beginning as well as those who are newly arriving. It truly means more than you know!

• If you know someone who would benefit or might be interested in joining our journey together, be sure to forward this to them!
• If there is something that you’d like to see (or something you’d like to see differently), shoot me an email (david_at_sirusdigital.com). I enjoy hearing feedback as I hope you get something out of it as much as I do.