Dear Serviceman and Servicewoman:

Thank you for your choice to serve your country, my country, our beloved America.  Because of your choice to be a solider, I, as a woman, an older citizen, and a black person, have freedoms.  Please know I do not take your sacrifices  for granted.  I’m grateful to each branch of America’s military.  And on this day and every day I pray that God keeps each military personnel safe.