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Those two magic words, Thank You

by Theresa Stevens on September 12th, 2008 • 3 Comments »

I was reading an article on CNN.com about the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon when I remembered something that happened to me on Friday night.

I was in the Wendy’s in Marshfield with my daughter on our “date night.”  She was trying to get through her hamburger so she could have her Frosty and I was gobbling the sour cream on my baked potato.  I looked up and saw an older gentleman at the condiment counter, and the whole evening changed for me.  The gentleman was wearing a retired Marine hat and t-shirt and was leaning on a cane.  He started …

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