J-Mac: Can’t Appreciate Troops Enough

JimmyMAC: My wife and I had dinner tonight with one of my best friend’s who is in town from Denver with his girfriend visiting his family for the 4th. His younger brother and the brother’s wife and two children joined us. Younger brother was on the front lines in Iraq from the beginning up until about 3 years ago, coming home to a wife who had just been diagnosed with cancer. I’ve known him for a long time but haven’t seen him since he was back from duty. I don’t have room here to describe the conversations we had, and I have always admired and adored our servicemen and women, but I am forever a changed person after our discussions and feel ashamed because in hindsight, my appreciation has never been enough, not even close. I am still shaken to the core two hours later.

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