I have to confess that I used to think all veterans were old men. Old men who wore 3-piece suits and stood up in church to be recognized on certain Sundays of the year.
Boy oh boy, was I wrong. And naive. And we'll just chalk it up to my young age.
Now I know the truth.
And now... I'm married to one!
But...
I know veterans who aren't even 25 yet.
I know girl veterans.
Single veterans.
Veterans with degrees and veterans fresh out of high school.
Veterans with one "tour" and veterans with too many to list.
I know families who wish they had a veteran to honor this week.
I hope that we all would take more than a day to honor those who served. And those who are still serving.
PS... Yep. That's my skinny minny husband on the left up there. Gheez. I told him he wasn't allowed to come home weighing less than me.
Don't fret peoples... he will gain it ALL back. He always does. Two or three trips to Red Robin and Outback and he'll be back to his old self.
I even hesitated in posting this picture for fear of what his mother and grandmothers and aunts will say to me when they see it... "That poor little skinny thing!" ... "He's just wasting away!" ... "If he were here we could fatten him up!" ... "The Army should feed them better!"
If you ask me, I think if he's gonna be flying around in that tiny helicopter and standing on that narrow mountain... he's better off skinny.
3 comments:
HAHAHA! I always thought veterans were old men too! Because, you're right, that's who stood up in church to be recognized! I also used to have a hard time remembering if veteran's were in the military or if they worked on animals! :)
Veteran DOES bring to mind an older soldier. I hope your husband has FUN gaining weight when he gets home. Wouldn't that be nice to need to gain weight?
Thanks always to him - and other - for serving our country.
*my word verification is underme! ha!
You talking about Dan looking skinny made me think about our mutual but on different sides Uncle Eddie. He just got home from Iraq, as you know, and I saw him for the first time last week at dinner at Granny's and the first thing I said was "Wow you are so skinny!" Could you find out for me the military weight loss plan? I'd like to try it lol
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