Thanks for the CHOICE

Lately I have been surrounded by people in the military... I don't know why, I don't know what really went down for me to know these people... but it did, thankfully.

I had never really thought of what the people who serve our country do for us... or who they are... it was like they were always just a thought, like a distant person I didn't know or have any relation to but sorta cared about because that was the right thing to do.

Well.
Not anymore.
A few of my good friends are in the military. They have actually served overseas and come back safely. These gentlemen are people of great respect, still kids at heart, yes... but they are men. Men who I have deep respect for and wish I knew more of their kind. I would trust them with almost anything, because believe it or not... we trust them with our freedom. The very thing we take for granted each day we walk out of our house, get into our comfortable car, drive to work safely, work in an office all day and then go home to a hot dinner and electronics at our fingertips.... these men, they put their life on the line for that. For more than that... for our future, for hopes of our children and grandchildren still being free and living comfortably in this great Nation. But the kick is, they do it WILLINGLY. They have a choice, and still go out to defend, to fight, to become more than just a boy with a gun, but a soldier.

My best friend wrote about this a few weeks ago, it got me thinking more and more....
these guys are amazing.
These people need to be thanked, although they do not want it whatsoever.... they need to be respected.
I respect those men in my life more than anyone else, not blood ofcourse. They have something about them, a poise, an aura.... a distinct marking.
One of these men has the idea and the passion of why he is in the army tatooed in ink on his arm to forever remind him and to show others... "No greater love is this for a man to give up his life for his friend" surrounding a military gun, a helment, boots, and a red/white/blue ribbon.... This man's life is not about himself when he thinks about his job. His passion. It's more than just holding a gun and running around, but it's in his blood, it's part of him, he wants nothing more to be part of something greater, to be part of something that defends you and I every day.

So to all of you men and women out there with the passion to serve our country, I thank you, not just because you put your life on the line, but because you chose to, you want to.

... at this point I would be completely fine with marrying a military man. yup. You heard me. There is just something about them, and its not that Channing Tatum plays an amazing soldier... ;) hahaha