I am a flag-flying supporter of the U.S. military. As a citizen, I’m extremely grateful for the safety and security I enjoy because of the world’s strongest defense forces. Today, as I reflect on my personal connection to Memorial Day, I have to say, it is a weak one. My three sons, Craig, Howie, and Mike, and my daughter Rachel, are past enlistment age. My grand-kids, Jake, Max, and Rosie, are too young. My dad, Lorry, is a WWII veteran, caught the tale-end of the big war in Waukegan, Illinois at Great Lakes Naval Training base. My oldest brother, Howie caught the tale-end of the Vietnam War reporting in for National Guard training in Portage Park, on the northwest side of Chicago. The Zimmerman-Diamond family considers ourselves very lucky to have not been directly touched by war. As the publisher of an online prayer site, I do a lot of research as to what and phrases people look for on the Internet. “Soldiers and Military” is searched by thousands with “poems and prayers for…” as a significant portion of those searches. When we developed the structure for the Prayables website, we made “” its own prayer category. To date, we have only a few prayers for soldiers—and that needs to change. Read next feature >