A good Saturday

I took the girls out today, so that my dear wife could have a little quiet time to herself.  So, as the girls and i went to get some odds and ends for Thanksgiving, Cat was able to just relax.  I am amazed by my wife on a daily basis.  She has held the fort down while I was in Korea for 15 months, Iraq for a year, and any number of schools that the Army sends me to.  She is truly my hero, and the reason I have had any success at all on this wild ride in the military.

Anyway, as the girls and I were leaving Wal-Mart, they saw a group of Veterans who were taking donations.  So, they all took money from their own purses, and donated a dollar each.  That was amazing to me.  But when I asked them why, my eyes were opened to them.  They each said that we have to take care of all the Veterans, Daddy.  Because you are one and we have to take care of those who take care of us.  The pride I felt hearing my girls say that is still beaming.  In fact, I think that they have hit the nail on the head.  

Why, in the most prosperous nation in the world, do we allow those who defend freedom to live in the streets?  Is there an easy answer?  Of course not.  However, I believe that we, as a country, owe it to the men and women of the military (my brothers and sisters in arms) to be able to take care of them in some way.  I am not sure what that is, but I think I have found a new cause to get behind 100%.  Please check out the following link to see the group my girls gave to, and lets see what we can do to take care of those who are serving, and have served this great nation of ours.    www.veteranssupportfl.org