WE SALUTE YOU

THIS MORNING AS MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND

WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE AIRPORT,

HE SENT ME A TEXT, REMINDING ME

TO PUT THE FLAG OUT BECAUSE IT WAS

VETERAN'S DAY..

IT WAS STILL KIND OF FOGGY OUT

A VERY PRETTY MORNING

I HUNG THE FLAG ON THE FRONT PORCH.

AS I WAS HEADING BACK INDOORS,

I TURNED JUST IN TIME TO SEE A SLIGHT BREEZE

MAKE THE FLAG WAVE.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SYMBOL OF OUR FREEDOM.

BEING HOME ALL ALONE, IT GETS QUIET.. TO QUIET.

SO I TURNED ON THE TV.

PRESIDENT BUSH WAS SPEAKING

TO A GROUP OF VETERAN'S.

I DID NOT HEAR HIS WHOLE SPEECH.

BUT, I DID HEAR HIS FINAL WORDS..

MAY GOD BLESS YOU (SPEAKING TO THE VETERAN'S)

AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA..!!!

HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT NATION.

THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE . THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE.

AS A GRAND DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER,

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, NIECE, SISTER,

AUNT, COUSIN AND FRIEND OF SEVERAL BRAVE

HEROES THAT HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES,

I WANT TO SAY "THANK YOU"

WITHOUT YOUR SERVICE WE WOULD NOT HAVE

OUR FREEDOMS

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK

A NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT SERVE

RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN CITIES..

I COME FROM A FAMILY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

THAT PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE DAILY

TO KEEP US SAFE.

MY FATHER, 2 BROTHER-IN-LAWS, SISTER, 2 NEPHEWS

MY NIECE AND SEVERAL COUSINS

EACH DAY THEY PUT ON A UNIFORM

AND HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO

SERVE AND PROTECT US.

TO THEM I WANT TO SAY THANK-YOU..!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL..

AND FINALLY, AS A MOTHER OF A YOUNG MAN

SERVING OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,

I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL GRATEFUL AND PROUD

OF THEIR SERVICE OF PEACE..

THEY GIVE UP TWO YEARS OF THEIR LIFE

TO SERVE THE LORD

WHAT A WONDERFUL TESTAMENT TO

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER..

TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVE SO WE CAN REMAIN FREE

THANK YOU

AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU