What is a Veteran? A Veteran – whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve – is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America,” for an amount of “up to, and including his/her life.” That is honor.

Today I honor all those that have served our nation – past and present – in protecting my freedoms. The quilt shown above, is one that I made years ago, and it hangs on the wall in my office/sewing room, as a reminder to me that freedom is not free.