Freedom is Not Free

I've never served in a branch of the military, not from lack of effort. I joined ROTC with the intent of joining the navy. They denied me due to a medical condition. And while I will never pretend to understand what it means to walk even one day in the shoes of our service men and women. I do understand what its like to send your family into a war that you do not understand or agree with. The anxiety that you dare not show because they volunteered to be brave. They signed up to stand watch while we sleep fearlessly. We shed tears, while they shed blood. We live in the free world but it comes at a price, the life of someone's son or daughter, mother or father, sister, brother, cousin, nephew or friend. Someone's husband or wife paid with their life for our liberty.