Comments on: A Veteran http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/ Information Pollination Fri, 25 May 2012 04:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lorimor http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-17315 Lorimor Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:11:42 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15119#comment-17315 You are too hard on yourself. You're not a coward. You've obviously taken on life's responsibilities head on and met the challenge. The decision as to whether or not you could you could defend yourself is not a question of "guts." It's a deeply personal question that only you can answer. Self defense is serious business which obviously should be taken seriously. I would suggest going to http://www.thunderranchinc.com, get the email addy and email Heidi. Or even call their phone number. Talk to her. She may be able to help you out with some very sound advice. She's a real sweetheart and I'm sure would be more than happy to help you chart a path. Best of luck and THANK YOU! You are too hard on yourself. You’re not a coward. You’ve obviously taken on life’s responsibilities head on and met the challenge.

The decision as to whether or not you could you could defend yourself is not a question of “guts.” It’s a deeply personal question that only you can answer. Self defense is serious business which obviously should be taken seriously.

I would suggest going to http://www.thunderranchinc.com, get the email addy and email Heidi. Or even call their phone number. Talk to her. She may be able to help you out with some very sound advice. She’s a real sweetheart and I’m sure would be more than happy to help you chart a path.

Best of luck and THANK YOU!

]]> By: Old NFO http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-17314 Old NFO Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:25:38 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15119#comment-17314 Thank you for remembering, and your honesty! Thank you for remembering, and your honesty!

]]> By: julie http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-17313 julie Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:12:23 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15119#comment-17313 well said! well said!

]]> By: Bob G. http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-17311 Bob G. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:35:26 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15119#comment-17311 Dr. Mel: Your post here is one of the most inspiring and touching ones I've come across. I wouldn't say you display ANY form of cowardice. You (as have many others) just have seen fit to show YOUR particular brand of BRAVERY in other pursuits, noble as THEY are. Your weapon might not be a rifle, but a stethoscope or a scalpel can save JUST as many lives...lives that can embrace freedom and liberty. This post is testimony to that. Thank you for having courage to say what should be said...and in such a wonderfully insightful manner. Dr. Mel:

Your post here is one of the most inspiring and touching ones I’ve come across.
I wouldn’t say you display ANY form of cowardice.
You (as have many others) just have seen fit to show YOUR particular brand of BRAVERY in other pursuits, noble as THEY are.
Your weapon might not be a rifle, but a stethoscope or a scalpel can save JUST as many lives…lives that can embrace freedom and liberty.
This post is testimony to that.

Thank you for having courage to say what should be said…and in such a wonderfully insightful manner.

]]> By: AllenS http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-17310 AllenS Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:56:23 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15119#comment-17310 We serve, because we know, that there are people like you. We serve, because we know, that there are people like you.

]]> By: DarthKeller http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-17304 DarthKeller Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:15 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15119#comment-17304 Melissa, thank you for this! It was touching beyond compare. I chose not to serve in the military, not out of some resentment towards the armed forces, but because I was not prepared to make the choices these brave men and women have to make on a daily basis. Because of that, I hold all veterans in the highest respect. So, to all the vets out there, THANK YOU, from the very bottom of my heart, for your service! Melissa, thank you for this! It was touching beyond compare. I chose not to serve in the military, not out of some resentment towards the armed forces, but because I was not prepared to make the choices these brave men and women have to make on a daily basis. Because of that, I hold all veterans in the highest respect. So, to all the vets out there, THANK YOU, from the very bottom of my heart, for your service!

]]> By: Hershel Kreis http://melissablogs.com/2009/11/11/a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-17300 Hershel Kreis Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:25:40 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15119#comment-17300 Melissa, as a veteran, I thank God for people like you! Thanks for your support. I have now been out for almost 20 years, but I am so thankful that there are men and women today that are willing to serve! Your Twitter buddy, W4TMN Melissa, as a veteran, I thank God for people like you! Thanks for your support. I have now been out for almost 20 years, but I am so thankful that there are men and women today that are willing to serve!

Your Twitter buddy,
W4TMN

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