may you be blessed for your blessing

i have my problems with war, but also my problems with pacifism. i struggle in this middle ground where people i know & love and people i don't know & may give lip service to loving, have sacrificed for me over the years so i can at least have the opportunity to live in this middle ground. for that i am most grateful for all our veterans & active soldiers.

on this veterans day recognition, or armistice day, i want to recognize my little bro & his folks from the 278th National Guard Armored Calvary. thank you for your service to our country, allowing me the freedoms i have, and helping to bring home my brother safely during ya'lls last tour of duty. may you all be blessed for the blessings you give unto us. may you one day be able to beat your sword into plowshares and spear into pruning hooks, that we may not take up war anymore.

my "little" bro, my hero

ps: for those following this as a family site. shawn & tiff's new arrival in march will be named Madalyn Rose Richardson!

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[Shawn]

Thanks Bro.. (and Dave for his service with the Corp)

It is an honor to serve after those before me. All gave some, but some gave all. We will remember their continual sacrifice for freedom.

"If there is to be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child (Madalyn) may have peace." - Thomas Paine