Fresh today · Sunday, 26 July

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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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Veterans Day note. The bills, the speeches, the parades — none of them quite cover it. The personal thank-you is the closest thing.

Thank you for the years you served. The country owes you a debt the country doesn't always know how to repay. Today, we're trying.

Veterans Day greetings to the people who carry memories the rest of us can't picture. May today be a gentle one.

Thank you for your service. The peace you fought for is, sometimes, the peace you find hardest to find yourself. We're rooting for you.

Veterans Day thanks. The community of veterans is one we owe more to than we can adequately say. Today, the volume on that fact is up.

Thank you. The way you served is the way we hope to be served when the next generation is asked.

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Veterans Day note. The medals are real. The cost behind them is realer. The respect is permanent.

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Thank you. The way you showed up for a country that didn't always show up for you is one of the more selfless things a person can do.

Veterans Day thanks. The peace we live in is the result of choices people like you made. Today, the gratitude is public.

Thank you for your service. May the years after the uniform be as honored as the years in it.

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Thank you for your service. May the support around you match the sacrifice behind you.

Veterans Day thanks. The freedom to disagree, to vote, to protest, to live freely — your service makes it all possible. Today, we say it.

Thank you. The years you gave were given to all of us. We try to be worthy of the gift.

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Thank you for your service. May the next chapter — the one after the uniform — be the soft one you've earned.

Veterans Day greetings. The veterans in our families, in our towns, in our country — we owe you. Today, we're trying to say so.

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Veterans Day thanks. The fact that we can write a card like this is the fact that you defended. Today, we are publicly, deeply grateful.

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