Veteran's Day Should Be Every Day.

Two years ago, I was sitting at a field in Fort Hood, Texas patiently waiting for someone who I deeply cared for to step foot onto United States soil again. As I was sitting on the bleachers impatiently waiting, I had every single emotion running through my body. I felt happiness and relief knowing that the one I waited for had made it home safely and in one piece. I felt sadness knowing that as I waited for this person to fly in, there were some people who sat at home knowing that their loved one should have been returning with the rest of these men. Every feeling that you endure while waiting is something that cannot be described, but only felt by personal experience. Knowing that a person who was away at war for almost an entire year had made it home safely is such a remarkable feeling. Let today, and every other day of the year, remind you of the sacrifices these men and women make while they are overseas. Let us remember those who have returned home in one piece, those who did not return home whole and those who did not return home at all.

Don't wait until Veteran's Day to thank a veteran, thank one every single chance you get.