Thankfulness: Day 11

Day 11 of Thankfulness: Today I specifically want to thank those in my family who didn’t let the thought of serving just pass through their head…like it did for me. So, Thank you, Dad, Aunt Midred, Uncle Pete, Uncle Rusty, Uncle Harold, Cousins – Mark, Greg, David, my brother, Ted, and anyone else I may have missed (it’s a large family – hard to remember everyone). Thank you for putting on the uniform and serving! I am truly grateful!

I had considered, very briefly, of joining the military. My brother was in the Navy at the time and I knew that I could get some, if not all, of my education paid for if I joined. But then I realized I would have to be told what to do – which I don’t like – and follow orders – which I also don’t like. It would have been the honorable thing to serve but I just didn’t have it in me.

For this reason, I am grateful to all those in my family who did serve. They sacrificed in a way that I was never willing to do. Thank you!!