Land of the free because of the brave.
No statement has ever been more accurate in describing the freedoms we have and the sacrifice that so many of our brothers and sisters selflessly give.
It’s a sacrifice that Casey Carpenter understands full-well. And as if having her husband deployed overseas wasn’t enough of a reminder, a man in her local grocery store definitely was.
“I went to Kroger tonight wearing one of my husband’s sweatshirts,” Casey wrote on Facebook. “I got in line to check out and the man in front of me asked if the sweatshirt was mine. I said, ‘Oh no, it’s my husband’s.’”
She said the man’s question caught her off-guard, but before she had much time to think about it, he’d moved onto asking if her husband was with her.