The
following appeared on Facebook and was written by one
of the members of the HPRA. It is true for all of us, being "at that certain
age."
To
all Veterans 50 years of age
and older.........
Most of us are going through the next phase of our lives
now. We are at that age where we see wrinkles, gray hair and extra
pounds. We ran a war machine, homes, paid the bills, dealt with
illness, sadness and everything life assigned to us. Many of us went to
war and had the chance to return to our loved ones.
We remain
survivors...
We are warriors in
calm......
We are strong, we are
also veterans of an old era and proud of it........
Even
though our bodies may not be what they once were, they carry our souls,
our courage and our strength. We have good red blood in our veins. We
will all enter this chapter of our lives with humility, grace, and
pride in everything we've been through, and we should never feel bad
about getting older. It is a privilege that is denied to so many
people.
My age: 72

by Steve Tindall