A 19-year-old woman! My God! A girl to an old geezer like me. I couldn’t buy her a drink in a bar. I couldn’t lust after her if she were cute for fear of being labeled a letch. Yet she’s more of an adult than I am. She went to fight – her reasons are her own and I have no desire to judge them. She went and she fought. And she was shot, and she bled, and she was captured. And at the tender age of 19 this woman has been braver than I have ever been in my life.

I will always respect the women and men who serve my country. They are braver than I will ever be. I will always pray for them. I encourage everyone else to do the same.

As always, these are just my thoughts.