DECEMBER … A TIME FOR REMEMBERING…  

December 18, 2009

On Veterans Day as we recommitted to never forget, we find ourselves now in December, a month of constant reminders.

Remember our Christmas shopping list, our dinner plans, our parties, gifts, caroling, cookies, getting the cards out, filling the snow blower with gas, putting up the tree, and on..and on.. However, as important as all these things are to us, December, with its first snowfall and quiet nights by the fire, is a time for all of us to take a moment each day to truly REMEMBER.

Remember Pearl Harbor…remember to put can goods in the food pantry barrels… remember to thank our surviving veterans…remember the families who are without…who are alone…who are scared. Remember Fort Hood…those that died…the wounded…their families. Remember to send a card to a veteran perhaps at the VA or local nursing home… donate an item to the VA gift shop. Remember your freedom to worship as you choose this holiday and everyday…remember to pray for peace…remember the soldier who is away in a strange land…away from family…from friends…and from America. Remember the Vets who are alone.

Remember to say thank you …thank you to God for His blessing, thank you to the families that sacrifice all year and find this month particularly hard and lonely…thank you… to your fellow veterans… especially those at the post, who also make sacrifices of their time and themselves, and continue to display their kindness, compassion and support…to you… to me…to the community… and to American. THANK YOU...WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER...

Have a most wonderful holiday season and may you be blessed in the knowledge someone stands watch over us tonight… so we may be safe and free in the warmth of our homes… to remember. I am honored to know you.

Respectfully Still Serving,

Bob Naffier
1st Vice Commander