I know this time of year puts a lot of financial, and sometimes emotional, strain on people all over the world. 

Today after church, I went to have breakfast and in walked in a young man in his Marine uniform.  I know I'm thankful for all the blessings I've received.  But imagine how truly thankful this young man is just to be home with his family and friends.  I know to him, that means the world. 

On my Facebook KICKPICS group, a martial artist posted this video in my group and when I saw the Marine, I automatically thought about this video. 

The video link:  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2JdPZo_sWIE

So as a small token of my appreciation, I asked my waitress to put his breakfast on my tab and to tell him that I said, "thank you for your service."  I would've said it myself but he was eating and enjoying his time with his family and I didn't want to intterupt.  But my waitress said, "he said 'thank you very much.'" 

So next time you see a troop.........say 'thank you" or something to them. 

God Bless Our Troops....
stace