More Than a Dream

it’s veteran’s day.

i very rarely get patriotic or political but today…

i am.

it occurred to me that the men and women that serve in our armed forces represent something so much more than america.

they represent hope.

they represent a dream that many of us have started to give up on.

the american dream is alive and well and it lives in the men and the women that fight for our freedom to dream it.

our troops do not serve the government that i have (admittedly) given up on…

they serve us…they serve the american people.

they do not fight for a commander-in chief that is seemingly not supporting them….

they fight for us…their brothers and sisters.

they do not stand for the honor of the us government….

they stand for our honor…as a people

they serve…fight and stand so that our children…and our children’s children might one day truly be able to live in a land where all men are equal, where they get to love whomever they chose, where they get to worship without fear and where freedom is more than just a word….

and a dream.

so today, i honor all the men and the women who have fought for my freedoms…who still fight and who are yet to fight.

in memory of:

robert monson

richard flegle

sidney johnson
art colaizy

in honor of:

christopher swope

anna petry
jake wilcox
dave johnson

matt misner
erik simonson
josh winkleman

dave skalicky

thank you for our freedom to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

“greater love has no one than this; to lay down his life for his friends.” john 15:13