This one is for the veterans...

I've been lucky to have met so many amazing soldiers and veterans in the last few years, and I owe most of it to my profession as a journalist.

You can't really define a veteran or what a veteran has done in his or her life. You can't expect to understand what they've been through. And it seems that you can't ever find a way to thank them for what they've done without sounding silly or cliche.

This isn't going to be a long post. I'm not going to ramble about being a journalist today, because rambling about anything besides the men and women who have served our country is just arrogant.

Thank you to all the veterans. To those I know and to those I don't. Your courage and bravery is appreciated by us all, whether we all know how to show it or not.

I almost always end my blogs with a quote. In honor of Veterans Day, I will end it will several quotes I find fitting.

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." - Elmer Davis


"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - Jose Narosky


"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." - Cynthia Ozick


"I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot." - Gary Hart


"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain