Sacrifice – give up something.
My dad served our country in the Army Counterintelligence Corps. I was a small child when he was sent to Korea. While he was gone, I kissed daddy’s photo good night instead of daddy. When he returned I was confused by all the different names people were calling him, so I called him “daddy, honey, Gene.” And when I went to bed I kissed both daddy and the photo goodnight.
Last night as I slipped into my soft pillow-top bed covered in beautiful white Pottery Barn linens, I remembered that others, folks like daddy, but who I don’t even know and may never meet, are sacrificing their sound sleep in their own homes to stand watch in protection of mine. Like this amazing soldier formed of rocks that I saw in west Little Rock recently, I salute you men and women of the U.S. armed forces, present and past.
What have you sacrificed?
Thank God for sacrificing fathers like yours and mine, Lynn. And to all men and women who have served and families who have sacrificed for our safety and protection. May we all rest in perfect peace.
Yes! And what an amazing sacrifice!