I do that too but I do not go to fancy restaurants! More like Cracker Barrel on interstates. It is the least I can do. I was in the Atlanta airport years ago. There were many soldiers at the next gate getting ready to board. I did not have time to buy them anything but this great grandmother went up to them to see if they were coming home from the ME or going there. They were on their way over there. The only thing I knew to do was give as many as I could big hugs and say thank you and God bless. It may have meant more to me than them though. I just wanted one of their last sights to be a thankful American citizen.
What a nice thing you did, MamaB!
A warm hug from a grateful fellow American may have been just the thing some of them needed right then.
BTW, I’m a Cracker Barrel type person also.