Alpine Mortgage Planning is part of Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation, not a huge company in comparison to some like Bank of America and Wells Fargo, but nevertheless, a very respectable size for a regional mortgage bank. One of the key players in our company is the guy that makes sure we have money and that the price of that money is competitive and profitable for the company. That person is Dan Watson, Senior Vice President of Capital Markets for Pinnacle.

I give you this preface because I wanted you to know that he has a very important job and has a lot to do to keep up with the market and make sure we are positioned properly at all times. By my calculations, that is more than a full time job. Even with that huge responsibility, he took the time today to remind everyone about what we are really celebrating this weekend. This is from Dan:

Can you believe it is Memorial Day Weekend already? 

If you don’t recall why we have a Memorial Day, I have attached a link – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

If you do recall why we have Memorial Day, I hope you take a few moments over the weekend to contemplate the reason yourself and maybe even educate or remind someone else that may not understand or appreciate it.  Explaining the significance to a child or young adult comes to mind.

Given our own busy and challenging lives, it may be easy for many folks to forget or take for granted what the Servicemen and Servicewomen have done and are doing to support or even maintain our daily opportunities.  The “service” portion of the name is not a coincidence. 

Additionally, it is appropriate to acknowledge the sacrifices endured by the immediate and extended families impacted by the service of their own family members.  That may be some of you.  As much as we must thank and honor the Servicemen and Servicewomen, we should also acknowledge and appreciate the immediate and extended families impacted.  There will be way too many families that will not have the pleasure of sharing this weekend with a fallen or simply absent Serviceman / Servicewoman.

I hope that you consistently do what you can to support such individuals and spread that sentiment to others.

I want to thank Dan for the reminder and also thank those that have served our country. As a Vietnam era Veteran, I know that there were times we didn’t do a good job of remembering. So, just take a moment this weekend and remember who made the sacrifices to keep us free. Have fun and return to work rejuvenated!

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