No Words

At the end of the day, he pressed the metal badge into my palm during our farewell handshake.

And that's how I came to acquire the 1st Special Forces Group (Green Berets) #168 medal of excellence yesterday, from an active-duty soldier who, on Veterans Day, thought it better to thank the people he vowed to protect rather than the other way around.

I have no words. Which, it appears, is precisely the point.

"The world is changed by your example, not your opinion." – Paul Coelho