The Last American President

This item about President and Mrs. Bush’s secret visit with the families and the wounded at Fort Hood just came across my desk.  A great picture, and one more bit of evidence of the Bush family’s true legacy:  When the elder President Bush once said that he was seeking a “kindler, gentler America” he really meant it with all of his heart – and he taught his children the same sort of quiet compassion.

Honoring Service

My grandfather was a World War II veteran.  He was married and actually too old for the draft when the war started, but he enlisted and served honorably.  My father is an Air Force vet, and I have friends who served in the military, including one who was a Korean War veteran.  I am grateful for their service.

In high school and college I was truly ignorant of the importance place our veterans hold in our country’s history.  I wasn’t taught these things in school, if anything it was the opposite.  I came into adulthood at a low ebb for our military, and believed it wasn’t for me.  Now I understand better, and I wish…