Hug A Vet Today
Today is obviously our day to honor those whom protect us and our Old Glory’s freedom. Today we bow our heads for those brave soldiers whom have given the ultimate price so we remain a free country, so we can have “The American Dream” in our lives everyday, so we don’t have to feel fear when we go to sleep at night or awake in the morning.
I have a Veteran that has been in my life from the time I was born. He taught me respect for our Flag, Arlington National Cemetery, our Armed Forces, and most of all Freedom. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and has never once asked for anything in return for it, “Sweetie, I did it because it needed to be done,” was his reply when I asked why he would go to war and possibly sacrifice his own life. He brought back many memories from Vietnam and I am proud that he has shared some of those memories with me, I am proud that he ‘did what needed to be done’ for me, my children; for you, and your children. I love and respect America because he taught that respect to me and always told me to hold that love close to my heart because there is no other place in the world as beautiful, gracious, noble as this country.
I love you, Dad! You have and always will be my Hero.
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November 11, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hi there, I sometimes read the blogs on the wordpress home page before I sign in and I read yours today about your Dad. I have to tell you it comes true clearly in your words you love your Dad.
Thats wonderful,
Best Wishes,
David
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November 11, 2009 at 11:04 am
SUCH a cute post. I’m sure your dad appreciates the love and respect!
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November 11, 2009 at 11:10 am
What a lovely tribute! Gloris
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November 11, 2009 at 11:43 am
To my son and his Marine buddies, Thank You for your service.
November 11, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Thank you so much all of you! I Do love my Dad and I look forward to this day every year to tell him he’s made my life so very special and I love to honor him AND everyone in the armed forces on this day.
November 11, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Well said!
November 11, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Very nicely put. It was a pleasure to read and I’m sure your Dad is just as proud of you as you are of him.
November 11, 2009 at 2:53 pm
i did
November 11, 2009 at 2:57 pm
This is great! My dad served 25 years in the Air Force and I can totally relate to everything your dad taught you.
Thank you veterans.
November 11, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Amen.
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November 11, 2009 at 3:47 pm
This is a great post, very thoughtful
November 11, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Thank you very much for taking the time to write this.
November 11, 2009 at 6:00 pm
that is so nice of you
November 11, 2009 at 6:56 pm
so interesting…I shall say thank you.
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November 11, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Love you post! My Dad’s a vet too.
November 11, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Love your post. My Dad is a Vet too.
November 11, 2009 at 9:55 pm
In Europe they still called it Remembrance Day, where the people remembered the war dead and not the military. I was in London on this day in 2000. “Flanders Field.” It must have seemed really heroic to fight in The War To End All Wars.
We live in a world that has perverted the concept of remembering people. Armistice Day was not a promotion for the armed services or to be used by the National Guard to recruit the mostly local youth. Armistice Day was a world event. It was a lot larger than any single nation. Armistice Day was a good day to read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. It was not to celebrate those conscripted to serve in the military, but to remember what had happened 90 years ago. The day was about turning swords into plowshares. The media has helped cheapen story, filling the airwaves now on each November 11th as some kind of celebration of war. Little thought was given to renaming Armistice Day “Veterans’ Day.”
November 11, 2009 at 9:57 pm
He gets my vote as a father as well as a soldier. He must be very proud of you. Thanks for speaking up.
November 11, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Thank you all so much for taking the time to come to my blog and spend some time here. Also thank you all for the comments about my Dad, he is a great man and I am so proud of who he is and what he has accomplished in life.
November 12, 2009 at 3:26 am
Woow…really catchy piece.
November 12, 2009 at 4:46 am
you have written a very nice blog! it is great that we still remember those people who gave everything for us to live today! I do not have Veterans in my family but I understand what ithe honor it is – to be a realtive with these great people!
November 12, 2009 at 6:00 am
Excellent write up and full of Dad’s love!
November 12, 2009 at 10:34 am
there is never anything of any certainty, we are fortunate to have the love of great men to guide us.
xoxo beautifully written
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November 12, 2009 at 11:33 am
Great post – History can teach us alot. Those still with us that served in WWII are leaving us a proud history. With should listen intently to those that fought in The Koren War, Vietnam and today’s battle on terrorism, and cherish there stories.
Mike
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November 15, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I’m sorry that it took so long to read this, but I sure am glad that I did. Great post. Thanks for putting it out there.
November 16, 2009 at 9:35 am
Don’t be sorry! I always know you’ll get over here.
Aren’t you a Vet Mak? A thanks to you is also in order. 
November 16, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I appreciate the sentiment, but there are vets and then there are vets. All service deserves acknowledgment, but the people I think of most on Veterans Day have lived through the kind of Hell the rest of us can barely imagine. Living through Hell is something I can really relate to.
November 17, 2009 at 9:42 am
Well you are still a fabulous person and deserve salute once and a while.