God bless all of you for making so many nice comments on this thread.
I only hope that those who I meet in person think as kindly of me as those I've met on line and befriended!!!!
Amazing how many of you who have written and some who haven't, have become "family" to me! Being ex active duty, we are accustomed to making friends then leaving and making new ones - it's just so wonderful to know that through this forum, those friends I have been privileged to make will always be with me!!!
I will still be my "opinionated" self and strive to understand and accept the opinions of others, but I will always thank God that we live in a country where we can openly discuss and share our differences.
Rae