Today is Veteran's Day. For some it means a day out of school, the banks are closed and there is no mail delivery. On Veteran's Day our daily routines are interrupted. What we count as routine or what we take for granted is not the norm. Maybe that thought will help us remember how important it is to remember and thank our Veterans today. After all, the truth be told Veteran's Day celebrates the men and women who chose to break up their daily routines and serve our country through military service. Some veterans did more than break up their daily routine, some veterans have had their lives be anything but routine; they wear visible signs of their service; a missing limb, a permanent scar, or a painful memory that haunts them to this day. Others have no visible marks of their service, except the fact that they stand a little taller when they hear the national anthem or they get a little misty eyed when they see the flag flying.
Today I hope you will take some time to thank the men and women who chose to break up their routine to serve this country. The freedoms we have today are because of the men and women who served yesterday and let us never forget the future veterans, men and women in uniform today serving abroad or here at home. I personally have two men in my family who are veterans; my dad and my brother Robert. I salute these two men for allowing me to enjoy the freedoms I have today. I thank both of them for disrupting their routines and serving our country.
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