STAND!

  For once, this blog isn't going to have anything to do with my life or my children. I was scrolling through my facebook news feed this morning; and it was totally blown up with the NFL and the kneeling for the anthem. And as I started reading the comments, there were people defending it; saying things like: "you know that they aren't protesting the military, they are protesting Trump", "they're protesting the government" or "it's an equality issue". You know what? I really don't care. Do you think that my 92-year old WWII veteran neighbor cares?  All he sees is people in a position to be such great role models for kids disrespecting a flag that represents a country that he fought to protect.  Do you think that any war veteran cares about their protests? These veterans put their lives on hold to fight for our freedom. Sometimes at the expense of their family, their home, their lives as they knew it. They PROTECTED this country! There were dads that didn't meet their babies until they were almost a year old, families that lost their homes because their mortgage company wasn't sympathetic to the fact that they were overseas fighting for our freedom, families that were separated because they couldn't make their marriage work after so much time apart.  The REASON we stand for the anthem is out of respect for those who were willing to put their lives on hold, possibly to die, for us to have the CHOICE to sit or stand for the anthem. No one is making you do anything...But for me, I honor those people by standing.