VETERANS' DAY! I am beyond PROUD of my husband Jim, who spent his whole career in the Army and served with military intelligence; my son Craig, who was a medic with the Fleet Marines and served for four years; my son Eric, who served in the Army with a special cannon unit before and during Operation Dessert Storm and is now with the US Border Patrol; my first husband, Morris High, and father of my children was in the Naval Reserve for two years and served on Guam; my dad and uncle who served with the Texas Nat'l Guard for a long time during WWII. And in addition: my gt. uncle Glenn Younger who served in WWI with the army. And gg uncle William Armistead Younger who died from disease while in a Yankee prison camp during the Civil War and is buried at Rock Island, Ill Confederate Prison Camp. My gg grandfather John Wilson McKisick, who served in Texas during the Civil War and his grandfather before him, Daniel McKisick, who served as a Captain in the Rev. War during the Battle of Ramsour's Mill in Lincoln County, NC and was wounded severely. Not to mention....my ggg grandfather, Absalom Bonham, who served in the Revolutionary War in both MD and NJ. And there were those who served in the War of 1812, Williamson Younger and Edmund Barry. (Edmund was a Confederate spy) :-) And to our many military friends and relatives.....

All you guys did your part, and I salute you! And I love you all with all my heart! Thank you for helping to keep our country safe.