As it is Veterans Day, I am thankful for all those who have served to protect the freedoms we enjoy. I often get asked what ethnicity I am. To which I reply, "American." My family has been here a long time, and has served in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WW1, and WW2. I am thankful also for the sacrifices of their wives. Living with someone who has been traumatized and exposed to the worst of what humanity can do is an adjustment to say the least. The stories my grandmas tell of the night terrors, photos of concentration camps, burying weapons in the back yard sound like a movie, but it was their reality. My step-great grandpa survived mustard gas in WW1, and had episodes from it for the rest of his life. We are fighters in this family, and I am proud of them!
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