­It is with heartfelt gratitude …

Have you lost a loved one who died serving our country in the military? If so, please accept my most sincere condolences. And my deepest gratitude. I can’t begin to understand what loving your soldier, sailor or marine and sending them off to serve must have been like for you. How many sleepless nights you endured and how many anxious prayers you prayed for their safe return. Then, how heartbroken you must have felt when you learned your daughter, husband, fiancé, brother, mom had given their life for our country. How often have you read every letter you received as they fought bravely to defend our nation? How often do you gaze at the folded flag that sits in a place of honor in your h