{"id":2647,"date":"2010-03-23T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2010-03-23T19:55:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T00:55:26","slug":"thank-you-march-30-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/thank-you-march-30-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You, March 23 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Naarah signing a water bottle for a student<\/p><\/div>\n

A smile spreads across her face as she autographs a water bottle for a student. Naarah came to the school to teach our 5th graders about the military and what they do to protect us. The 5th graders are learning about the military and how we should appreciate their\u00a0service to the US.<\/p>\n

As Americans we have so many rights and freedoms we all take for granted. We have the right to agree with wars and disagree. We have the right to voice\u00a0our loud opinions to the press and from mountain tops. We have the right to oppose any political figure\u00a0at any time. We have the right to\u00a0never say thank you to the military and not acknowledge what they do for us. However, it is a fact that without the military we would have NO RIGHTS!\u00a0 The military provide us with the\u00a0ability to be free. The military protect us and fight for our rights\u00a0on a daily basis whether we thank them or like them, they do it anyway.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The military are not\u00a0made of robots that do this job mindlessly. They are moms and dads, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They have families and loved ones they don’t want to leave behind when they are deployed to foreign countries to risk their lives at war. They\u00a0have not been drafted they CHOOSE this life for\u00a0many reasons one of which is to give YOU YOUR FREEDOM!\u00a0 Every solider that stands on\u00a0war torn land stands\u00a0up for you personally, for your rights to be\u00a0free, that is not an opinion that is a fact!\u00a0 Yes, they get paid for their duty, it is their job, they choose to do it. Thank God they choose to do it because I did not and most of you reading this blog did not choose that life.<\/p>\n

My friend Naarah has been in the military for years, she\u00a0was one of the first\u00a0to the cross the line in Iraq\u00a0when the war first started. She is a\u00a0quiet woman with 3\u00a0small children. She does not ask for attention when she wears her uniform, she never demands respect from others, she does her job with pride and confidence and she\u00a0would lay down\u00a0her life for\u00a0you and you don’t even know her! She told the class of 5th graders all about war and\u00a0brought a HUMV to the school. She gave them the details and painted a picture of it all. They asked “What can we do to repay you?” She answered “Just say thanks when you see a person in uniform. Just acknowledge them and say thanks.”<\/p>\n

Whether you support or oppose a war has nothing to do with this. Our military men and women do what they are commissioned to do to fight for our\u00a0country for our\u00a0rights and for our freedom and they deserve to be acknowledged for a\u00a0“job”\u00a0in which they could give their life for us.\u00a0 So next time you see someone in uniform\u00a0catch their attention and just say\u00a0“Thank you”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you Naarah, Steve, Tara and all of you who serve to keep my family and my life safe and free. You will be in my prayers for a lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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