Happy Veteran's Day!

Happy Veteran's Day!!! I am so grateful to be able to live in this land!! Freedom is a powerful thing - we dictate where we live, where we go, where we go to school, what religion we are, how many children we have, where we work, and everything else we do in life - it's a choice...we have choice - how beautiful is that? 
It's beautiful. 
However, it isn't free. 
So many have sacrificed so much. But those sacrifices made were and are not in vain. We are empowered because of our military and their families. I am sad with those who mourn a veteran and I thank them for all they have done for our country. I thank all those who have ever served and are serving for enabling me and most others I know to live in  freedom. I am especially thankful for my wonderful husband, who decided to serve the United States of America. 
I am proud to call him mine.

Convenience Store

As I was doing my marketing homework just now by contrasting strategy mixes of stores, I started listing the strategy mix of convenience stores. This took me back to when my fiancé, now husband, had just moved states to be close to me… well, kind of. We planned on marrying before he moved, but that didn’t end up happening, and he moved anyway :) ... We were nervous that he would move and not find employment. I went back to California, where he was at the time, to spend some time there with my family and to help him move. We packed up all of his things, and then some, and drove in a U-haul truck across California, Nevada, and some of Utah until we arrived at our final destination. I was in the summer session at BYU taking three dance courses; it was fun. And he began taking some religion classes. Within two weeks of him moving there, he was employed – with two jobs. He was blessed. One was at a gas station/convenience store. After I was done with work and classes, I used to ride my bike from my “vortex” house (those who have seen She’s the Man – that’s the kind of house I lived in…the vortex… dubbed by my husband) or walk from class to whichever gas station he was working. ♥ I would sit with him and we would sip on vanilla root beer as the night went on and customers came in. He would clean and work while we talked the day or night away. Then I’d either ride my bike or walk home if he wasn’t off yet or he’d give me a ride home as I helped him close the store.  ...Sometimes we'd stay until midnight. We had fun spending time together, however we could.  ♥