Happy Veteran's Day

Hi Everyone,

I realize this post is a day late, but I lost access to the computer most of the day yesterday. So I wanted to wish all of you a very Happy Veteran's Day and a very special thanks to all those who have served in out military.  Your service and sacrifice is what gives us our freedom and keeps us safe.  Thank You.  

I also want to give thanks to the families of our military, the husbands, wives, mothers, fathers and children, for standing behind these warriors and keeping the home fires burning for our servicemen and women to come home to.

I was feeling guilty about not getting this post out on time, but maybe it is appropriate that I am doing this post a day late. Veteran's Day, Memorial Day and The Fourth of July aren't the only times we should take the opportunity to thank our veterans. Their sacrifice is a 24hr/365day effort and we need show our appreciation whenever we can.  

Next time you see someone in uniform, shake their hand and tell them thank you. When you see someone wearing a ball cap that says Vietnam Vet, Korean War Vet or whatever war they were in and the military ribbon they earned for serving, shake their hand and say Thank You. I think you'll be surprised by their reaction, the humility, almost embarrassment, like they don't deserve your thanks. Not having served myself, I'm not sure I can fully understand it. But I know I've seen it. Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast explains it this way. Each of them thinks that there is another soldier, airman, sailor or marine who deserves your thanks more, who sacrificed more, because the person you are thanking came home and those others did not. 

Maybe that is why they look away when you say it, maybe it's because they think they were just doing their job. All I know is that because they put on that uniform, took that oath, and served wherever they were sent, we have the freedom to go about our lives, secure in the freedom they help provide and for that I am forever grateful. 

THANK YOU, VETERANS. 

I'll see you next time. Until then, keep prepping because what you do matters, and remember, "Just 'cause there's snow on the rooftop, doesn't mean there ain't a fire in the fireplace."

Candy