Letters to the Editor for November 9, 2019

A tribute to veterans

This is to my veterans:

I don’t care if you are pushing papers, pushing a broom or pushing through a battlefield and enemy lines ... I honor you!

I don’t care if you enlisted or were drafted ... I honor you!

I don’t care if you wished you hadn’t joined and I don’t care if you agreed or disagreed with the commands given to you or the conflict ... I honor you!

I don’t care if you are past military, present military or future military ... I honor you!

I don’t care if you didn’t come home mentally, physically or came home in pieces ... I honor you wherever you are!

My honor holds no face, no name, no timeframe and no branch of service above another ... I honor them all!

If you served or are going to serve ... I honor you!

That’s what patriotism means to me, I don’t care if you disagree! I live in the greatest country on this planet and it is only because of our veterans, no one else!

I also honor all of our first responders!

Cathy Bodnar

Silver Springs