Veteran's Day

To all the Veteran's who have served our country (myself included), today is the day that is set aside for reflection to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and also, to thank those who have fought to continue to protect us. 

May we always remember these people who took a portion of their lives and put them on hold to go fight in war. This day is a special one for veterans. I always took the day off work to stay home and reflect upon my life and think about how fortunate I was to be alive. I thought about my buddies who didn't make it back alive and what their lives would have been like if they had lived. Wasted potential and what of the children they would have had as well. This is what war does and it is always something we must remember.

We need to constantly remind those in our Congress, Senate and government who have never worn a uniform of our country and have no recollection of the horrors of war when they urge us to want to go into another war and put "boots on the ground" that there are consequences that come with these hasty myopic decisions. Just ask those veterans who have been there and know.

~Butch~