PNGMK wrote: ↑Mon, 29 May 2023 7:52 am
I didn't realise you're a vet.
i didn’t respond to this remark earlier as i wasn’t ready.
memorial day was just a little while ago.
this year i think alot about all the soldiers i know that couldn’t make it home to their family and loved ones. it wasn’t until very recently i became a dad and many of them are dads at a much younger age than i am now.
many shared with me photos and stories of their kids and babies. i didn’t know what it meant at the time and was sometimes dismissive or rude.
maybe this year it was especially hard coz i’m having a rough time in my life or maybe i’m just getting older or maybe i’m just a little tapped out (hah!) but…
this memorial day i’m feeling really sad i can’t go visit my closest buddy at the cemetery. i was (am) feeling really down i couldn’t get the relief/release of going there and talking to him and leaving my quarter like i’ve done often in the past.
these days i think war is a terrible thing and the effects on the men and women that get called to fight in one can never be understood by politicians who wage wars fearlessly easily and needlessly from their chairs.
many more will perish. i see now what i couldn’t then.
rant over.
military discounts are still good to have though!