Thursday, November 11, 2010

Veteran's Day

I called my twenty-something-ish boss yesterday to see if we'd be getting paid today, as we are every other Thursday. You know, because it's a holiday...?

She asked, slightly bewildered, "What holiday is it?"

*sigh*

I might have let my disbelief show a little too much in my response of, "Veteran's Day!", because she quickly apologized to me.

To my Dad, my uncle, both my brothers. To all currently serving, and those who've honorably served in the past.

Thank you. Thank you for your service. Thank you for keeping us safe, and helping make this country great.

To everyone else out there, take a moment and thank a vet. Take a moment to reflect on their sacrifices. Be grateful.

Like we really should be EVERY DAY, not just on November 11th.

7 comments:

SCI-FI said...

Amen, and thank you for posting this!

Keads said...

Excellent post! I have a veteran working for me so it is easy to do here. You are right, it should be every day!

Edward said...

Happy Veteran's Day to you, too....ex-Air Force gal. (Although, when my brother was Air Force and I was in the Navy, I used to tell him the AF was just glorified Boy Scouts.) ;)

Buck said...

::Big Dog voice:: Yeah, I feel yore pain, Christina. ::/Big Dog voice::

Yanno what's weird? I had every danged Vets Day off while I was active duty and worked every damned one of 'em after I became a real, honest to Gawd VET. Go figger.

Old NFO said...

Thanks for YOUR service too Christina :-)

Anonymous said...

I will add my voice to the others...

Thank YOU, christina for your service to our Country

B

Christina RN LMT said...

Thank you all very much!