Truly honored

My boss's son is a Navy Seal. He sounds like one of the neatest, gifted kids and he has chosen to give his life to service, service to our country. My boss loves to talk about him and the small little bit of info we are allowed to know. For me, it is fun to hear the inside scoop and learn about his team mates, their training, their proposed missions. What amazing men we have serving us.

So, giving that my boss has a stake in the Seals, he has donated a bit of money to their foundation. The foundation provides support for the families that are temporarily or permanently left behind. My boss invited his assistant and me to join him in their annual benefit. (Sadly, they had the two extra tickets because his son got deployed the day of and his wife was seeing him off.) This night was so humbling and inspiring, I am a better person for simply attending.

Off to the right in the top pic was a bracelet they gave us with a Seal who has passed away this past year. My guy was pretty amazing it sounds like. He was from Philly, loved cheesesteaks and wanted to be a nurse when he was finished serving.

They also gave us all these coins and pins. Fun to also read about their inside ways.

Dennis Leary was the host, and he is so talented. He was funny and respectful and at times appropriately off color when talking about how amazing these guys are! We got to see the dogs that help the Seals out, their training, their talents and I saw a video where they literally sky dive out of a plane with their human partner. UNREAL! His twitter quote the day after

Was at the Navy Seal Foundation dinner last night. Wanna talk about courage? They have DOGS w bigger balls than me.

Our table had about ten people sitting with us and one was an active Seal and one was retired from 15yrs of service, and they talked to us about life. General McChrystal spoke, Rear Admiral Pybus spoke and after all the talking-by the end of the night, I wanted to be a seal too. (too bad they don't take girls!)

 Hard to see, but even the candles were red, white and blue.

All I can say is Thank You to all who serve and to my boss for opening this door for me!