Happy Veteran’s Day… to Everyone!

This is an interesting day for me. I didn’t serve and really don’t know people who did. Truth be told, I am not a big fan of war. I am not shy about saying so either. It’s seems so violent. So senseless. But what I DO believe in, is America’s Veterans, our heroes, those who fought and gave up a huge part of their life, not just fighting, going without food, water, and medical treatment as they fought and were hunted, all so that we could have the freedom that we, as Americans, so value. I deeply care about any person who has given so much of their lives, those who survived and for those who gave their life… for a purpose they believed in. No man, walks out of a war unscathed.

So what is a Veteran? Until I sat down and thought about it, I’ve always have this image of a much older man with graying hair, who fought in World War II, or Korea, and even those known as the forgotten heroes who fought in Vietnam. Even the image if a Veteran has changed over time… the evolution of the war hero, from the fight, to the return home.

Today, as we celebrate Veteran’s day, the image of the Veteran has once again changed. Maybe not in our beliefs as the picture we have locked in our minds eye still reflects the gentlemanly grandfather type, sitting in his chair, surrounding by grandchildren, smoking his pipe as he tells stories of bravery.

Veterans are no longer old and gray; they are men, young and old. They are not only men, but are also women: Christian, and Jewish, with fair skin or dark skin, all different colors and creeds, and even sexual orientation… these are the heroes that make up today’s veterans.

But at the root of all these Veterans come something in common. Although they are all made up of many different forms of beliefs, what you see inside every one of them… is Faith. And it was their Faith that chose to fight a war for you, and for your little place of freedom that you call, HOME. And yet there are still so many prejudices against those men and women because of some ill-conceived image they still hold… prejudices.

Today, even if for just one day, for one small moment... set aside everything you may believe in… and THANK those people, any person, and all people who are full of different religions, colors, lifestyles, and beliefs… anyone who has given something to any of the wars that have given you, even an ounce, of your freedom.

Happy Veteran’s Day… to everyone!

I think a lot of people have lost faith these days. It’s a tough time and we don’t have answers and with frustrations at a monumental high, it causes us people to lash out and get angry. In other words, we lose Faith. Some even think that we have lost Hope. But what is Hope… isn’t it really Faith?

It seems to me that Faith is the expression of believing in something. Anything. It’s easier to have Faith in what we see, or can hold. We have Faith in the people that we love, our communities, our parents and our children. But to have Faith in the unseen is when Faith helps guide us in finding our courage. When Faith is cranked up a notch to become Hope. See with either Faith or Hope, we really don’t have any idea of how the outcome is going to manifest itself. Is Faith going to be enough to bring us down the roads that may be dark or filled with despair?

Veteran’s day about the fighting the wars… but truly we are all fighting in one way or another. With that truth, we can all be held up as Veterans at one time or another. I don’t think one soul has been able to escape the gut-wrenching fight that darkness and despair will take us through.

We honor you James Connor, for your fight. We honor you Sargent Melissa Stevens, and Terrance “Bo” Jenkins, Scott Fish, Stewart Frew and Lewis Rawlins. I could go on and on… but I think you get the idea!

I personally thank each and every person who fought for the United States of America and for the freedom for my and for my children. Happy Veteran’s Day.


xoxo Morgana Reeves


(A special p.s. Janice is a Veteran of another fight. Her fight is cancer. We honor you today Janice… For your courage and certainly for your Hope as you continue to touch the lives of the people around you.)

Like Janice who is struggling today with another round of chemo. Janice and those people around her have to have both Faith and Hope… because Faith alone may only be enough to take her to the present moment, where Hope… now that is when we have Courage to not only accept the darkness and the despair we might face, but it was the Hope that truly brings us through that long tunnel… out to the other side, where the sunlight softly shines down upon her face.

Please take a moment and say a prayer for Janice.. and for all of those Veterans who have fought another war… in sickness. To those who have both won, and lost. We honor your strength, your Faith, and most of all, your Hope.