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Snow Bunny, you always do such a wonderful job on the themes for the threads,
and this one is a favorite!
It's interesting to get to know more about the friends we have here.

That is especially true of this one featuring you, HiJinx.
Our opinion of you already is a most positive one, and it gratifying to see how you were shaped,
what you have done, and what you have become.

My own two sons were military brats until they were 14 and 15, and always expressed appreciation for their disciplined upbringing and the benefits of living in so many places.
I always stressed not to regret leaving behind friends they made and locations, but to look FORWARD to the new ones ahead.
(They were fortunate to be just 14 1/2 months apart in age, so had a built-in Best Friend,
and were never really lonely.)

That helped them in adulthood, adapting easily to moving around as dictated by their careers.

Thank you, HJ, for exemplyfing the quality of our great family of veterans at Free Republc.

To those seeing this who are on active duty, we so appreciate what you are doing - the continuation you are of those who stand between us and the enemies of this wonderful Republic -
our beloved America.

We pray daily for you and your families.

Thank you seems so inadequate.
Yet, appreciation and gratitude are what I feel, for you and all who have responded today.

Above all, I need to express my respect and admiration for the men and women who are out there as we speak, guarding a perimeter, replenishing a warplane, cooking a meal for the crew of the Decatur, bringing mail to Marines, or listening to the enemy. Each and every one of you makes me so very proud, so I humbly offer you...

Thanks.