As my faithful reader(s) should know, I am a very proud supporter of our military. I was wondering what to write about veterans that I haven't written before and then I had lunch with one of my brothers.
Seeing him reminded me of something he did a few months ago. He's in a cigar shop (smoking a cigar of course) and a gentleman comes in wearing his fatigues/bdu's/whatever the name is this week and gets a handful of different cigars. When he's about to pay for them my brother tells the cashier the cigars in his hand are on me. He goes up and pays for them and thanks the kid (this brother is in his 50's) for his service. He told me about it because the other guys there told him that he made them look bad.
He said he spent $6 and change, how do you think that kid felt? Can you afford to buy a cup of coffee for a stranger the next time you're in a coffee shop? I used to work at Applebee's and on Veterans Day we would give a free meal to vets. I'm not asking you to go that far (unless you can afford it) but can you afford a few bucks? Can you afford the time when a serviceman (or woman) is in line behind you to let them go before you?
At the very least you can afford to just say "Thank you".
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