It’s times like this when words don’t come easy.

Like many Americans, my family and I go about our daily lives worrying about things that are truly meaningless in comparison to your commitment and struggle to defend us.

While we move from one trivial matter to another, you stand between us and a fanatical death-cult bent on world-domination through slaughter. It’s an enemy unlike any we’ve ever faced, and you have shown the raw courage and true heroism to take it on – and annihilate it.

It’s because of your sacrifice that the rest of us get to enjoy the freedoms that America affords. Like the veterans of previous world wars, you’re the ones doing the important work – you continue to pull the cart in which the rest of us ride in comparative luxury.

As we go about our daily lives – many of us do think about you and pray for your safety. We don’t do it often enough, but we should try to do it as often as we can.

I think about those of you who have had children and not yet met them. I think about those of you who won’t get to hug your kids this Christmas eve. When I get a big hug from my kids, I’ll damn sure say a prayer that you make it home soon to do the same with your loved ones.

So from my family, we say THANK YOU and we appreciate your selflessness more than words can possibly express. God bless you and your families.

Respectfully,
Preston Taylor Holmes & Family