Thank goodness for this holiday...that we never
forget to pay our respects to the military hero's ...
To honor them with attention is the least we can do...
For they are beyond special... their ultimate sacrifice
should never be forgotten....
I had a brother who was in the Army and in the Korean
War....mind you when he was in his 60's I decided to send
him a Veterans day card......first time ever....his response to
this card was a complete surprise and wake up call to me...
(by the way he was about 15 years older than I...) He thanked me
and said besides our mother... no one in our family ( 5 siblings he and I had) had ever acknowledged his service to our country....I was so taken aback to hear this...and my shame was great...for myself and for my siblings....Never again did I forget him...and consequently my own son who as a Marine Reservist served our country in the Iraq war (2003)....I acknowledge him my son with great pride and huge praise for his service.....and anywhere I'm at ....airport, etc...if I see a military person or person's ...I go right up to them and say thank you for serving our country....always this brings many ...why thank you ma'am...and they say it with big beautiful smiles...It is so rewarding to me...such an honor to do so...So folks making this short for now...Someone I know said I should keep my blog posts short...geez sometimes that is hard because the words just spill out with their own abandon and I forget to pull the plug on what my run away brain is espousing....That's my story and I'm sticking to it................
Ciao.....see you in the funny papers................Louisa
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