Fresh today · Tuesday, 14 July

New Wishes

A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.

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We owe you more than we know how to give. Today, please accept the thanks, even though it is small.

Thank you for your courage. For your discipline. For your service. For the years you wore the uniform. For the years after, too.

Today I'm grateful for you. The veteran I know personally. The veteran I'll never meet. Thank you both.

The least I can do is say it: thank you for serving. Thank you for coming home. Thank you for letting us thank you.

To every veteran reading this — please take this in: you mattered. You matter. Thank you.

Thank you for choosing service when ease was an option. Thank you for the years that asked everything. Thank you for the life you built when you came back.

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There are debts the country can never repay. Today, the least we can offer is acknowledgment. Thank you. We see what you did.

To my own veterans — the ones in my family, in my friend group, in my heart — thank you. I love you. I'm grateful you came home.

Thank you. For your service. For your time. For your life. For the part you played in keeping ours possible.

Dad, today is your day. Thank you for your service. Thank you for everything that came after, too.

The man you became after you served is the dad I grew up with. I am grateful for both of him. Happy Veterans Day, Dad.

You never made a big thing of it. But today the country does. So today, so do I. Thank you, Dad.

Happy Veterans Day to the man who taught me what discipline meant before I knew the word. I love you, Dad.

There are pictures of you in uniform I keep on my desk. Today I'll look at them longer. Thank you for your service, Dad.

To my dad — who served, who came home, who became the steady one in our family — thank you. I love you. Happy Veterans Day.

You didn't talk about it much. We understood. Today we want you to know we noticed. Thank you for what you gave. Happy Veterans Day, Dad.

The country owes you. Your family does too. Today we get to say so out loud. Thank you, Dad. We love you.

Happy Veterans Day, Dad. For the years away from home. For the years home with us after. Thank you for both.

The way you raised us was shaped by the years you served. I see it now. I'm grateful for it. Happy Veterans Day.

To my dad — strongest man I know, quietest about his service of any of his friends — thank you. We are proud of you. Always.

Today I'm thinking about the dad you were before you were mine. The young soldier. The brave kid. Thank you for becoming the dad you became.

Happy Veterans Day to the man who taught me to stand up straight, look people in the eye, and finish what I start. Thank you, Dad. For everything.

Dad, today is for you. For what you gave when you were young. For the man you became because of it. We love you. We are grateful.

The way you talk about your service is quiet. The way the country talks about it today is loud. Both are right. Thank you, Dad.

Happy Veterans Day, Dad. I know today is hard for the parts of it you don't say. We love you for all of it.