“Good morning world. So, taking a slight deviation from my other THANKFUL blog thoughts. But still staying true to my EVERYTHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR theme…… I want to say a special THANK YOU EVERYDAY to our Vets on Veterans Day WHO KNOW WHAT THIS DAY REALLY MEANS! I ALSO WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU… TO OUR VETS EVERYDAY IN BE-TWEEN! BECAUSE I TOO KNOW WHAT THIS HOLIDAY REALLY MEANS! And I want to say THANK YOU TO EVERY PERSON, RESTAURANT, AND SHOP WHO HAS HELPED A VET FEEL SPECIAL TODAY… OR WHO HAS WITH OUT THEM KNOWING HELPED A VET IN NEED. So, making that HUGE THANKFUL statement… during this Remembering relay. As VETERANS DAY once more prepares to come our way as it too will slowly fade out of sight. While knowing for some of you that VETERANS DAY will again only be seen as ANOTHER HOLLOW UNIMPORTANT DAY where you don’t have to work and instead you can go to PARADES and PLAY today and tonight! Shore to shore YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT’S NOT RIGHT! Because VETERANS DAY IS A WHOLE LOT MORE. And with you RUNNING OUT OF TIME to find out what that means! YOU NEED TO GET THINGS STRAIGHT and RIGHT if you are going to really be appreciative. That’s why TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN EVERYTHING! YOU NEED TO TAKE THE HOLLOW OUT OF THIS HOLIDAY. And KNOWING THAT VETERANS DAY WILL ALWAYS BE MUCHHHHHH MORE THAN A HOLLOW DAY or a PARADE…. Let’s remember how IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL OUR VETS are EVERY DAY! AND KNOWING THAT PERSONALLY ……while PERSONALY knowing about their Sacrifices made….. As Many thoughts about my GRANDSON , My COLONEL Daddy, including my two Sons who SERVED IN THE AIRFORCE, and our other Veteran Family members who have served our country SINCE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION DAY WAY BACK IN 1775 have come my way! Knowing in some way that there has ALWAYS been a BRAVE STRONG MAN I LOVED STANDING TALL, WHILE PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY also FLAG IN SOME WAY AND IN ALMOST EVERY WAR! INCLUDING THE REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WAR. WORLD ONE, AND WORLD WAR TWO. Also many other wars too! Next thinking about my other dear Friends AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU TOO! Who have likewise served our country and fought for the RED, WHITE, and BLUE!… Even more THANK YOU thoughts are still coming to my mind AS I AM PROUDLY A DAUGHTER OF THESE BRAVE MEN WHO STANDS IN LINE WITH MY HAND OVER MY HEART. So, FROM THE START line by line TIME BY TIME thinking about THANKFUL THINGS, while WONDERING WHEN VETERANS DAY REALLY IS? Yesterday, today, and tomorrow shore to shore, here are yet more HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE-WEARY THOUGHTS….hiding behind my minds door… Therefore, thinking about things that are involved in this BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY that have just come our way. To find out what any of this means to you, if you are not a part of the line that stands by the RED WHITE AND BLUE….Here is something YOU can do to take the HOLLOW out of the DAY! And instead of IGNORING OUR VETS WHO YOU MEET ON THE STREET or SEE IN RESTAURANTS and STORES….. In all ways EVERY DAY from far and near! Let’s REMEMBER TO THANK our DEAR VETS ALL OF THE TIME WHILE THEY ARE HERE! Additionally even though this is Not Memorial day. Remembering our Vets in EVERYWAY! Let’s Silently THANK OUR HEROS, who have Fearlessly already died and who have gone into the guiding light. Likewise lets THANK THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE, AND THOSE WHO STILL CRY. Next let’s also REMEMBER to THANK those who are STILL HERE standing by our side. Yes lets THANK THOSE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE, and who are in our sight! And HOLDING THEM ALL CLOSE, LIKEWISE TIGHT IN PRAYER DAY AND NIGHT…. Lets ALWAYS THANK OUR VETS for STANDING TALL, and Winning the Fight! And as, THEY ARE PREPARED TO DIE FOR US AS THEY KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE…that’s clearly a great idea EVERY DAY out of the year ALL OF THE TIME! Because, as I am writing this post as yet another VETERANS DAY has come our way and will soon be passing by. I have again realized saying THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU……. to somebody who has served our country. Or who was wounded in battle… Or who died in combat….. Or who will always be a member of a family still crying forevermore. Or saying Thank you to a Vet who is still silently fighting their own PTSD wars shore to shore! WHILE ALSO THANKING OUR VETS WHO ARE STANDING TALL RIGHT NOW…. WHO ARE READY TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY FROM WAR! THAT’S WHEN WE ALL NEED TO REALIZE THAT SHORE TO SHORE VETERAN’S DAY IS NOT…… NOR WILL VETERANS DAY EVER BE…. A ONE DAY THING and that is for sure! Therefore KNOWING WHAT VETERANS DAY IS FOR! Sunset to sunrise I am CONSTANTLY saying to all of us ….young or old in line… LET’S THANK OUR VETS ALL OF THE TIME! YES, LETS THANK THOSE WHO PROUDLY WORE THE UNIFORMS RAIN OR SHINE! LET’S THANK OUR VETS WHO RIGHT NOW ARE WEARING THE DIFFERENT HATS FROM ALL BRANCHES AND SERVICES ALL OF THE TIME! AND SEEING OUR VETS IN THE STORES AND RESTAURANTS, WHILE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT BLIND TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE NOW OR BEFORE. WITH THEIR VET HATS REMINDING US IN THEIR OWN WAY WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE UNDER THE GUN WHILE SLEEPING IN STRANGE PLACES on distant shores… KNOWING EVEN TOMORROW, ALSO THE NEXT DAY AND EVERYDAY IN-BETWEEN WILL BE VETERANS DAY! LET’S MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL KNOW…. THAT VETERANS DAY IS EVERYDAY…. NOW AND BEFORE! THAT MEANS, NOW AND FOREVERMORE… LET’S THANK OUR VETS FROM ALL BRANCHES OF SERVICES ALSO FROM ALL WARS!… Next SUPPORTING THEM ALL…INCLUDING SUPPORTING AND THANKING THEIR FAMILIES…. WITH ALL OF US KNOWING WHAT VETERANS DAY HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS REALLY FOR. WHEN WE SEE THEM IN RESTUARANTS…AND IN THE STORES…. To HEAR WHAT THEY ARE SILENTLY SAYING LET’S READ THEIR HATS!…. YES, LET’S READ THEIR SHIRTS…LET’S RESPECT ALL OF THEM!! BECAUSE IN THEIR WAY THEY ARE SAYING….TODAY AND EVERYDAY…….REMEMBER ME…YES PLEASE REMEMBER AND APPRECIATE WHAT I DID FOR YOU TO KEEP YOU FREE….So, KNOWING WHAT VETERANS DAY IS REALLY FOR…..LET’S THANK OUR VETS FOR KEEPING US SAFE! And shore to shore while saying THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU…. Also THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE…AND STILL DO IN EVERYWAY…..WE will All know that EVERYDAY IS VETERANS DAY!” Joslin Fitzgerald…the Merry Mary Author…..