Last night our son called me over to tell me a secret. I bent over and he put one hand on my
shoulder, then he cupped his other hand in that way that ensures your secret
travels no further than your hand. He
put that cupped hand to my ear and he said to me, “Happy Veterans Day, I forgot
to tell you tomorrow. Happy Veterans Day”.
I was never more proud to have been in the Marine Corps. I have no idea how he knew that Veterans Day
had come.
But my heart swelled when he told me those words.
Later that night as he was going to sleep I asked him again
about how he knew it had been Veterans Day.
He didn’t tell me, he just said he knew I was in the Marines and that I
had battled.
When I told him I was never in a battle he looked a little
disappointed.
None the less as that little boy drifted off to sleep I was
so proud of him, so proud of the little man he is becoming.
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