Thank you for your service..

It was one of those days, the ones that you got absolutely no sleep, because your 4 year old thought there was a monster in your room, and your lil one was sick and uncomfortable. You look at yourself in the mirror and wonder if you should try and cover up the big bags under your eyes that make you look like a vampire, or just leave them because your too tired to even begin to put on any makeup. days that start this way, you only know are going to continue to get worse, they just always do. Tonight though, I was going through the drive thru at 8 o’clock at night because I didn’t feel like making myself anything and I was hungry after taking my daughter to gymnastics and realized that I forgot to eat supper.. again.. I was pulling up to pay and the lady looked at me twice, I just figured oh god I know I’m a hot mess, but she handed me back my card and said, thank you for your service. I suddenly got goose bumps, honestly nobody has ever said that to me before, they say it to my husband all the time, but not once has someone said it to me. Believe it or not, who ever that person was, I can’t begin to thank them enough because even though it was something so small and simple that was said to me, it touched my heart. It makes you feel like all these hard days and bad nights are all of the sudden some what worth it, that there are people out there that actually do appreciate your sacrifice. It was a good feeling. I wish she only knew that it made my whole day. Speak up sometimes, you never know who’s day you can change.