To Our Veterans 

Thank you for your service and your sacrifices to protect the freedom that only your service has provided us. You understood that someone had to serve that the rest of us could live free. You understood that someone had to serve so that the rest of the world could live free.

You were the ones to see what needed to be done, to stand up and do the job, and make the sacrifice to your own lives. You gave up time from your family and friends, your jobs and careers, to do the job you saw needed done. Some of you sacrificed your bodies and health and some sacrificed their very lives so that brothers and sisters in arms could live and virtual strangers could live free.

You are the best that our country has. You are the definition of "Hero". You are the future of our country. And with the servicemen and women we have, it will be a wonderful future to offer the coming generations. We adulate movie stars and athletes when we should give that honor to you. Instead, unless we personally know you or  you are a member of our own families, we seldom think about you except on Memorial Day, the 4th of July, and of course, Veteran's Day. We go on about our lives and give little thought to the people that protect us twenty-four hours a day every day of the year. That's our shame and I am as guilty as the next person.  

I can't offer anything that comes close to what you did for me. All I can do is say Thank You. It's not nearly enough, but it comes from my heart. May God Bless and keep each and every one of you in the safety of His Hands and Heart.