He stood behind me wearing an US Army baseball cap in a restaurant line at the Tampa airport. I thanked him for his service and he told me he’d served in the 101 Airborne Div. in Vietnam. As I turned to walk away I could hear a memory slide from his mouth, “we waited at the train station, my mother and I crying, I didn’t want to go and die”. We walked to our tables and I ask, “Are you proud of your service now?”, “You bet, it changed me, changed my attitude about life.” He and his wife raised 3 girls; put them through nursing school to care for a world in a different way. Pride expressed through gratitude is a wonderful gift for a world that needs more caring. Care more this holiday season!
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