Yes, Don; it’s that day again.
It’s time to remember my last walk with you, which was made difficult by your silence and flag-wrapped spirit atop a black caisson doing sad duty.
Your color guard was ahead of us, breeze at their backs, holding high the flags that know the way and seem eager show it to those of us who don’t want to see it.
And, yes, most of all, Don: I’m trying to remember what you taught about honor and being honorable. It’s getting harder to remember that part.
Until next year, Don.
(Arlington Cemetery, ceremony of Lt. Col. Donald Green; U.S. Marine; Attorney-Colleague; Honorable Person, November 2015)