Beer in the Headlights

Let them know you care.

I received a link to the Gratitude Campaign via email this morning and the timing on it is interesting as I just learned the other day that someone I knew in high school was killed in Iraq last August.

I hadn't thought about Jason for years. I had forgotten about him. But upon finding out that he was killed in the line of duty brought back some fuzzy memories of who he was. I'm not sure why but I was moved a heck of a lot more than I thought I would have been. It's not like he and I were anything approaching close friends.

I suppose what hit me so hard is that he's someone from my youth that is no longer with us. He was taken too soon. He was killed doing something important and selfless.

Thank you, Jason. Your loss is not in vain.

And to all the men and women serving us with honor and distinction thank you.