Applebee's

Wednesday will be Veterans' Day.
Applebee's will be serving entrees for free to any veteran. Hy Vee in Topeka will be serving breakfast to any veteran and his/her spouse. There will be other such offerings. A small token.
My father was in WWII. My husband in Korea. Friends were in Nam and Bosnia. Afghanistan and Iraq and Afghanistan again.
We feed the body.
Yet, there are so many that aren't fed. Be it physically or otherwise. We had 8 years where "patriotism" reigned and the veteran was ignored.
My hope is that there is a change in the air with our current administration. My hope is that what we all saw when Obama met the plane carry the dead and the families, giving back the dignity and respect so deserved. That we all know the cost of war. The cost veterans shouldered.