Heros

Today is a day of honor for those who have given their time, sacrificed their families and laid down their lives for our freedom. I salute all men and women in the military. I beam with a little bit of pride today because my Daddy is one of those men!

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He joined the Navy straight out of high school and literally "set sail" on a journey that ultimately led him to Milton, Florida where he met my Mother and the rest is history. My Daddy proudly served in Vietnam and although he returned home to anything but a welcome he returned home with his pride!

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I've learned alot from my Daddy over these last 35 years. I have learned to never give up, when you can't figure out how to put one foot in front of the other just stand still. I have learned that life is not always going to be easy, but whoever said it was going to be! I have learned that in the midst of a fight always know whose got your back. And I have learned how to be humble, how to push through a crisis and not break down, but I think most importantly I have learned how to be human from my Daddy! He is the first to say "I'm sorry," the first to wake up and usually the last to go to sleep. He is always there with an answer and if he doesn't immediately know it...he finds it! My Daddy is the greatest Daddy to ever live. Not only because...well...he's MY Daddy but because he is just him...my Daddy is my HERO! =)

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As I was driving to work today on this wonderful Veteran's Day I was thinking about my Daddy. I was thinking about the sacrifices he made to his country, to his family, to himself! I was thinking about how selfless he was and still is. I was thinking about how brave he was and most definitely still is and then I began to think about Jesus. I thought about how he is our ultimate hero. Jesus sacrificed himself with the most selfless act imaginable. He died for our sins! He not only died...HE WAS CRUCIFIED! Jesus paid it all! "...Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said." 1 Corinthians 15:3 (NLT).

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So, as you see a veteran today, shake their hand, stop for a moment and talk to them, tell them thank you but please, please, please don't forget to thank Jesus...the ultimate veteran...the one who died to ensure your salvation. Please don't take his act of selflessness for granted. If you haven't accepted him...do so today! What better day than VETERAN'S DAY! And, to all our veterans...I salute you! Thank you does not even begin to cover my gratitude towards your actions! My children are able to walk through their life free all because of you!

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And...Daddy...I love you! =)