Veterans Day

Today, we celebrate Veterans and what they mean to us and our freedom.  I'm a Veteran.  I served my country for almost 9 years.  I saw three conflicts.  My life was turned upside down because of some crazy people who wanted to hurt this wonderful country of ours.  But I survived.  My family survived, and for that I am grateful to all of the men and women who fought alongside to defend our freedom.

So why is it that day to day, people forget that there are still so many that continue to fight for our freedom?  Why is it that only one (maybe two) days out of the year, does the country stand up as one (mostly) and say, "We remember, and we are grateful"?  I still cry when the National Anthem is sung.  I still cry when I hear Toby Keith's "American Soldier".  Maybe if everyone was a Veteran, we would have more people supporting the future Veterans.  The ones that are still out there, still standing watch.

To all of my current fellow Veterans, and to the future Veterans, I say a HUGE THANK YOU.  Without you, I wouldn't even be able to start this blog.  I wouldn't be able to choose my own destiny.  I owe my freedom to you.

On a lighter note, I just posted Noah's and my Boot Camp pictures on Facebook.  How young we were!  We hadn't met yet, but man, if we had, I would have known even then that he was something special.  I'll try to figure out how to post the pics on here.  Of course, I'm not even sure anyone else has even looked at this blog yet, but, when my blog is super famous (hey, I can dream, I have that right!), people will look back at the archives and say, "Man, those two are a couple of hotties!"

Cheers Everyone!