I would like to thank all the veterans for their service to our country. We are able to live free in the United States of America because of your sacrifice.
Last year, the sacrifice veterans make really hit home with me. In late October 2008, I received an email from a prospect who was in Afghanistan with the 101 Airborne. He contacted me for business plan and financial advice for a business venture he was planning when he was honorably discharged in early 2009. We exchanged a few emails and then arranged a teleconference in mid-November. When the teleconference time came, the prospect didn’t call.
The next day, I was standing in line with my daughter for Thanksgiving lunch at her school when my cell phone rang. It was this prospect. He apologized for not calling the day before. He went on to tell me that there was an “incident” at the base he was stationed at in Afghanistan and that all communications, including internet and cell phones, were cut off during the incident. There was no way for him to communicate with me during the incident.
This situation let me see first-hand that our soldiers are in harm’s way. I understand that their sacrifice is the reason I can have the life I do with my family.
So I would like to thank my client Nick, and every other veteran, for their service to our country. I really do appreciate it.
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