Thank you Veterans

Today is Veteran’s Day, and my first thought each year is of my daddy being a young 18-year-old Navy radioman on a ship delivering Marines to Iwo Jima in the last year of WWII. He never spoke much about his experiences during his time serving in the Navy, and I didn’t really ask him about them until near the end of his life. He summed up the experience in a very short statement, “I came home.” So many did not. My family has a history of serving in the armed forces and in addition to my daddy, I want to thank these family members for their service: Ryan Crunk, son in law, US Army; Kari McAnally, daughter in law, US Navy; Robert Doan, stepdad, US Army; Randall Clay, uncle, US Army; and Bill Morgan, uncle, US Army. I am ever grateful for each of you and for all of the many others in our great nation who have answered the call to keep those of us on the homefront safe.