Thanks for the ping Diva Betsy!
My two children and I stopped into a restaurant yesterday and there were 6 troops seated across from us at a table. I don't think my kids had ever been that close to American Soldiers before, and they kept looking at them and speculating on where they'd been and what they'd done.
I told them they should just introduce themselves and thank those men for their service to our country. My little girl was to shy, but my son went over to the table and extended his appreciation by stuttering out "Thank you for serving our country." They replied with "Hey, no problem!".
It put a big smile on those guys faces, and mine too. :-)
God Bless our troops!
That is so cool. You know that took a good deal of courage. You must be proud of him. Sometimes I even am a bit hesitant to approach a solider- not knowing if he really wants to hear me thank him. Good job PT!
I know someone
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whose favorite thing to do in that situation (if she has the money to) is to quietly pay for their meal before leaving.
She
;-)
thinks it's so much fun to giggle all day about the pleasant surprise these heros got at the register.
Most restaurant owners/employees enjoy the sneakiness of it as much as she. They also like getting to inform the hero that their meal has been paid for by a grateful American citizen.
FUN!