Monday, May 28, 2012

Memorial Day...A Toast

My annual toast....

I would like to thank the men and women who came home from righteous wars to ticker tape parades and peace and prosperity.

And I would like to thank those who came home from an unrighteous war to find no one cared.

I would like to thank those who came home but go back every night in their dreams...and those who came home but left pieces of themselves behind.

Most of all, I would like to thank those who never came home.

God bless them.

Tick



 


3 comments:

Tick said...

Thanks for seeing this and asking to use it amigo. The more that see it the better...it comes from the heart. Most of it's mine but I must give credit for a word or two from "Two Weary Warriors."

The first time I used this toast was in 1992 at a benefit for the Disabled American Veterans. I've used it every year since.

Lifemember Disabled American Veterans (www.dav.org/)

Paralyzed Veterans of America (www.pva.org/.

**Don't Cry Because It's Over---Smile Because It Happened**

johnr said...

It has been said that there are 18 suicides every day by these military people who have no jobs, no place to live and no future but obamma continues to support the muslim people all over the world with no support to our own but he continues to flap his lips and does nothing about it. I wonder how many abandoned military bases there are that could be a temporary home for these people. I did my time.

Tick said...

There is help out there for those who seek it. One of our biggest problems is that too many don't seek it or refuse the help when it's offered. The best way to help them in these circumstances is for another veteran to go one on one with them. We can touch them when guvmint entities can not.

The guvmint won't seek them out, we must. That's why so many organizations are actively involved in helping our brothers. We've helped thousands. Join one today.

Here's a start. Also each individual war has its own organizations. See Google.

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
http://www.nchv.org/howtohelp.cfm

Veterans of Foreign Wars
www.vfw.org/

American Legion
www.legion.org/

Please, get involved!