Author Archives: Cheryl Hanson

A Veteran’s Day Tribute

Your service to our country was an amazing thing you gave us, to all Americans.  On Veteran’s Day, we honor our Servicemen and Women with a Moment of Time, where we say Thank You.  Not many in this world will … Continue reading

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Being a Homeless Veteran

You have served your country well.  You have gone and done things that most ordinary Americans could never even think of being involved with.  You are a soldier. Now, you are a veteran, and despite your best efforts to return … Continue reading

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America Needs Your Strength

It is more than you can even understand.  Our country needs your strength and resolve even more, than we have in recent memory.  Your knowledge, your experience, can lead us here at home just as much as you led us … Continue reading

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No one is ready for the box of cereal

Remember the scene in Hurt Locker, when our hero comes home and is given the choice of finding a box of cereal in the grocery isle?  It is a quiet and emotional view of America.  There are many boxes of … Continue reading

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