The Flag My Granddad Raised

My granddad raised the flag in front of his house every morning until his knees got bad and he couldn’t make the steps so easy anymore. He was not trying to impress anybody. Most days nobody even saw him do it.

He used to say a flag does not fix everything, but it reminds you what people already paid for. I did not understand that much when I was young. I thought he was just old and stubborn.

Now I have the same flag folded in my closet. It has some wear on it, and maybe it should be retired properly, I know. But I keep it because it still feels like him.

This hex is for my granddad, for Idaho, and for the country he believed we should not give up on.