sober facts

There I am, sitting in the warm sun reading the Sunday paper. I`ve been through the travel section, the front page and local section when I turn the page to a photo of a 24 yr. old who gave his life in service to his country. Listed below his picture are the names of another half-dozen young men who also gave their lives this week. It was a sobering realization that as I sat my middle-aged self in the sun poolside, there are Americans stationed around the world protecting our freedoms. I felt grateful,...and a little guilty.