Military servicemembers & veterans DU appreciation thread!

[pinboy3niner]

32. Thanks, tradecenter, and welcome to DU

I know that your grief, like mine, is unending. We've lost far too many good people to war, and the sudden introduction of anti-military/anti-veteran threads to DU is a shock.

But in my mailbox this morning I got a small gift from an old friend. She lost her husband in VN and never remarried. It was a silly gift, like when she sent me the sweatshirt and socks with my name on them. One sock said " This is ___'s sock." The other sock said, " This is ___'s other sock."

Our loss and grief from that war binds us. My friend's gift this morning is just another reminder to hold onto each other and to take joy in those incredibly small things that mean so incredibly much.

Love & Peace,
pinboy3niner