Just like many teenagers, this group of grown men, went out together one day per week and went out for supper. Except this group was a little different. They took their motorcycles and would drive to a restaurant to "catch up". One of the guys in the group that turns out is the guy that started it ended up getting deployed to Afghanistan. Having a friend go to Afghanistan to sacrifice and risk their life for us is not only scary, but takes a long time to get used to. Making matters worse, one of his friends in the group got in a car accident and passed away. After a while he came back home and he was thinking everything was going to change. After an brief time back home, everything became normal again. To welcome the veteran home the group of guys decided to take him out on a bike ride and to dinner. The whole group was sitting at the table in Applebees and his friends were asking him questions about his deployment and how things were in Afghanistan and the people sitting at the table next to them overheard the conversation. Once the bill came to the group, it was already paid for and this couple had donated over $300 dollars to this man just because they heard his story and was thankful for what he had done and how he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
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1. If you had a close friend that had to be deployed, would you be sad or thankful?
2. If someone heard your story and did something like this random person, how would you feel?
I would be sad that they had to go out and away from me, but at the same time I know it is the right thing to do and they are an amazing person for going out and risking their life for our freedom. I would be thankful to know that there are still people out there that do random acts of kindness. I know that when a veteran comes back from serving, many people in the community do not know they are veterans. Many think of them as just a civilian like us. So to know that when someone hears a story, they are thankful and caring.
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If I had a close friend that had to be deployed, I would first be sad that they are leaving. Later I would be thankful for them and their service to our country. If I saw someone else trying to make the world better place after me, I would feel blessed to live in America and I would hope that more people would have acts of kindness as well.
I would be both sad and thankful because you never know what going to happen and they will be gone for a long time which isn't easy on anyone. At the same time though I would be very thankful that my friend serves and protects our country and I would be extremely proud of them.
At first I would be sad because who wants one of there friends to go away for a while but then after they get home I would be proud of what they did. I would tell them thank you because it is not everyday when someone respects you in that kind of way.
For your fist question I would be sad if a friend of mine was deployed of course. t's just like when a friend moves away you feel sad. But this is a it different because I know they are going to serve this country and do the right thing. But if someone did something like that for me I would feel really thankful and ultimately a little more important than I would realize.
I would be both. I would be thankful because they are risking their life for ours and sad because i would hope that nothing bad would happen to them and that they wouldnt be gone for too long. I would feel respected for what they did for me and thank them in my prayers
1. I would be sad that my close friend had to leave although if they had enlisted they knew what could happen and they wanted to fight for our country so i would be thankful.
2. I would be very thankful, our soldiers risk there lives to give us the freedom that we have and not enough things are done to thank them for there service.
1. I would be sad and thankful because they are leaving me but they are going to help my country.
2. I would be very happy and I would feel good about myself that I did something and someone that didn't know me, did a random act of kindness
I agree. I think it would be hard to decide if you were sad or thankful. It would not be an easy thing to do when you are aware of the risks. I agree and think this would make him feel good about what he has done. It would also make him realize most don't take it for granted.
I would be very upset if I had a close friend, or even family member being deployed, but I would also be very thankful that they are fighting for our country. It is very brave of someone to do so. I would be very thankful that these people care and appreciate everything that they have done.
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