A Long Road

Today (as I write this at 12:02 am) ends a long three weeks. My family has been in Illinois helping family. I've been home alone with the dog. It has been hard.

I want to thank family and friends who have helped keep me company, fed me and helped take care of Owen while I was at work.

This three weeks pales in comparison to the sacrifice our fighting men and women of the military make when they serve overseas but it does help me to appreciate and understand their sacrifice that much more. Thank you, all of you who wear the uniform of the United States Military to help protect our freedoms around the world.