Veterans Day from the Mind of a 10 Year Old

Guest Post Courtesy of Mitch Canton, Clark County Home Blog.

We’re a little off-topic today, being Veteran’s Day, but there will be plenty of days to get back to Clark County’s real estate adventures.

Let’s not have today become the forgotten holiday. Too many people died face down in the mud so we could live our lives in freedom.  Sure, there are days when we may be frustrated with work or our government leaders or other complexities of life; but we live in a country where we have freedoms that billions of others world-wide only long for.  When you think of that, it provides more meaning to the day.  This morning, as our family discussed the reality of what today meant, especially to our kids (besides a mid-week day out of school), my ten year old shared this poem he had written.

V – Victorious soldiers  leave the war

E – Eleventh day, hour and month

T – Together, America stands

E – Even in Iraq

R – Ready we are; again and again

A – Another soldier home; hooray, hooray

N – No more war to come near

S – So long war, so long.

It is imperative that we share the stories of the sacrifices of those who have gone before us with those who come after us.  When I think about it, I realize my ability to write this blog, to speak my mind, to even live as I choose, is an indirect result of the sacrifices made by those before me who stood firm in support of our country and our freedoms.

“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” John F Kennedy

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