This weekend we enjoyed visiting with my husband’s parents. They traveled from Pennsylvania to spend a couple of days with us.  On Saturday night we enjoyed a meal at Golden Corral where we met at least five retired military veterans.  One of the gentlemen stopped at our table and told a funny joke with the kids.  Then he shared that he was 77 years old and had served in the army.  He also mentioned that his great-grandfather had served in the Civil War!  That got my daughter’s attention.

When we see a soldier in uniform, we try to stop and say thank you.  Words just isn’t enough to give for the sacrifices, heartache, and grief that so many military families endure.  My family has had its share of military history.  My grandfather served in the Navy, my father and uncle served in the Army, and my stepfather served in the Army.  Now my stepfather serves in the Reserves.  Whatever your view of the government’s use of military force in our country and abroad, we must stop to appreciate the men and women who face danger in the name of freedom.   Those men and women who wave our country’s flag and wear their uniforms with pride are protecting our way of life.  Their families miss them and worry about them every moment of every day.

For all that you do to serve the people of this great nation…..thank you.