Happy Veterans Day everyone!

Here in the US today we are celebrating Veterans Day, which is a national holiday where we honor all of the brave men and woman who have served in our armed forces.

Being a military spouse, married to a now veteran of two wars, I’ll admit Veterans Day is still a bit of a weird holiday for both Adam and I.

I remember the first Veterans Day after Adam returned home from Iraq. He mentioned he should probably call his dad in honor of Veterans Day. (His dad is a two-tour Vietnam veteran.)

And I turned to him and said,

“Maybe your family will call you too since you’re a veteran now.”

And he looked at me like I had grown two heads and said,

“What? But that’s totally weird to think about!”

And the truth is even after 6 years in the military, it’s still weird to think about. Growing up, we always thought of veterans as that older generation who fought in wars that happened long before we was born: World War II, Korea, Vietnam.

But the truth is our generation is now the veterans. Our friends, our neighbors, our loved ones. They are people we know and love and well, that definitely puts things in a different perspective for us.

So in honor of Veterans Day today, I’m putting a little challenge out for you.

I’m sure today will be full of parades, ceremonies and free meals at Applebee’s in honor of all our veterans. But my request is much more simple:

Spend some extra quality time today or this weekend with your family.

Give your kids an extra hug, spend some time cuddling with your spouse and in this month of thankfulness, say an extra little thank you.

Thank you to all the brave men and woman of our armed forces who have the courage and strength to put a nation of families before their own.

Because there are plenty of military families who won’t have the luxury of spending quality time with one another today.

I know I am truly thankful to be able to spend this Veterans Day with my veteran.

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