Happy Veteran's Day to you all!
It is true this national holiday is about those who have served our country so that we may all live in freedom. My family has a long history of military service members...my father-in-law, my sister-in-law, two brother-in-laws, my husband, my brother, and my oldest son. I am truly grateful for their service...some long-term, some short-term. Regardless of their time in duty, they made sacrifices unknown to many who do not know them. I am truly proud to call them family.
On a slight twist, today I honor some of my other hero's....those who have had cancer, survived or lost their battles, and many who have inspired me. These folks have also made sacrifices (personal and professional) and seen may small battles in their fight to win the war. Armed with IVs, medications with side effects beyond your wildest nightmares, been poked, prodded, and (some may say) tortured with procedure upon procedure...yet we seem to endure...and look to the horizon and God for an end to our battle and freedom from cancer.
Some of these folks are my relatives and some are unrelated to me. But all are my family...we share our trials and tribulations, our hopes and dreams, our discomforts and our sorrows. We are much like
a military family...all in this together and we all have each others backs. The battle may against different foes...but like our military counterparts, we all have HOPE and pray for PEACE
and that our battle may one day be won.
a military family...all in this together and we all have each others backs. The battle may against different foes...but like our military counterparts, we all have HOPE and pray for PEACE
and that our battle may one day be won.
So today, please take a moment of silence to honor our Veterans of war, past, present and future. Remember their sacrifices in battles lost or battles won.
God Bless us all...and help us Finish the Fight!
