Monday, May 30, 2011

A Heartfelt "Thank You"

Saying "thank you" to all of our vets who took it to the plate and batted a homer hardly seems enough. War seems to have been glorified, freedom overstated when it comes to losing one's very life in the pursuit of other goals, phrased by old men who cannot (or will not) go to war themselves. It isn't fair, it certainly isn't right, but apparently it is also The American Way.

I'm quietly grateful to my maternal grandfather, who came to this country a Mennonite (pacifist) and when his sons came to him and said, "We want to go to war," at the onset of WW1, blessed them and said, "Go for it! This country has been very, very good for us."

God bless all of our veterans, today and always.

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