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Veterans days – Luv Saving Money

Category: Veterans days

Veteran Owned Company: ZERO FOXTROT

My husband served in the army for 6 years. He is a veteran of the Iraq War and Kosovo. My husband does have some PTSD from his time in the military. Some of the things he’s witnessed…we’ve been married for 8 1/2 years, Been together for 11 1/2 years. I’ve known him most of my life (he grew up near me) but if i heard a story about his time in the military it was usually about living quarters, the heat, what they did for fun, interesting stories, rarely the bad ones. Then one day he had a moderate PTSD episode and began telling me stories I never heard before. Things that…as someone just hearing the story, not experiencing it myself…gave me a tightness in my chest and a sense of…how does someone keep it together as well as he had all there years after experiencing that?

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One of my fave pics of my husband from his time in the army

I tell you this story with my husband’s permission because our veterans need to be honored, remembered, and respected every day. Not just veterans day. And that’s why I’m happy to patron a veteran owned company.

Veteran Owned Company Zero Foxtrot

ZERO FOXTROT is a site my husband found. He wrote me a Christmas list last year that included a few items off the site. That was after he had already bought himself a few items.  He just loves their mugs. I had bought him a mug for father’s day this year and he uses it all the time.

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A word of warning, it’s not for the easily offended. They do use the “F” bomb, have some dark humor, and military humor.  Honestly, that’s another reason why my husband loves it though. They have lots of items: bottle openers, shirts, hats, posters, metal signage, and even coffee.

If you’re looking for a veteran owned business to patron or have an active military or veteran on your holiday gift list, you should check out ZERO FOXTROT also if you use any of the links in the post you will receive 10% off your first order!

Receive 10% off your first order by using this link!

Also thank a veteran, donate to a veteran oriented charity, visiting your local veteran’s home, or patron a veteran owned business to show your support!

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I did NOT received compensation for this post. I chose to complete this post to highlight a veteran owned company. An opinions expressed are true and my own. 

Supporting Veteran’s This Veteran’s Day

I realize Veteran’s Day is a couple weeks away yet but it’s a good time to think about ways to helps support our country’s veterans.  Of course there are a number of charities to donate to but there are others ways to help too.

1.  Write a letter.  There are plenty of soldiers and veterans that appreciate friendly correspondence from home.  If you don’t know who to write to there are plenty of sites that can help you send it to a soldier who’d love some mail. Sites like anysoldier.com, AMillionThanks.org, and SoldiersAngels.org just to name a few.  Another option could be to contact local churches to see if any of their members are serving.

2.  Make a Care box for a soldier or veteran.  You can find guidelines for what to send on the sites for letter writing I listed above.  You can call your local veterans home to see if they accept donations for their residents.

3. Consider a nice gesture . Soldiers and veterans make sacrifices for our country every day from long periods of time away from family to putting themselves where many of us wouldn’t want to be to protect our country.  If you see  a solider on leave for example maybe consider offering to pay for their meal or something along those lines with a note of thank you.

4. Just say thanks for your service.  Take a minute to walk up to a veteran or soldier and tell them thanks, shake their hand, whatever your thing is.

Visit my guest post on ways to teach your kids about Veteran’s Day

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I know it’s early but I also wanted to take a minute to tell my hubby how I admire him for how far he’s come in life.  My husband is a veteran of the Iraq War and Kosovo.  He served for 6 years.

11-11-11 Veterans Day celebration giveaway over $1000 in prizes

Veterans Day is here again.  A time to thank our veterans for risking their lives to fight for our country.  Display your flags, take time to reflect, and thank a veteran today.  My husband is an Iraq war veteran.  I can’t imagine everything he has seen.  I’m so proud of my husband.  He didn’t choose the easy route in life.  While he’s no longer active military, his service is something for my family to remember on this day.

I wanted to take part in some type of Veterans Day celebration with my blog.  I’m so happy to be apart of the 11-11-11 Veterans Day giveaway. Prizes for the this giveaway include;
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