Thank You

In honor of the men and women serving our country for Veterans Day, I say thank you.

It is by their choice,
their dedication,
their loyalty,
and their bravery,
that we remain free.

I am thankful from the bottom of my heart to my grandfather and J's grandfather. They both made this nation a place so many want to live. Our grandfathers fought to protect that, and others still do to this day.

My grandfather fought in WWII. J's grandfather fought in Korea and Vietnam. They are living legends and I am blessed by them both.

Iwo Jima photograph by Joe Rosenthal - Source.

"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."
- José Narosky

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."
- Elmer Davis

Iwo Jima (WWII) Memorial in Washington D.C. - Source.
The memorial inscription reads, "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue."

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude."
- Cynthia Ozick

"Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes