[Vhfcn-l] When perspective slaps you in the face......

[Gary Thewlis]

I was watching the inauguration proceeding yesterday and when I first saw
Amanda Gorman, the youth poet laureate, come to the podium I thought wow,
she must be what? A junior high student?

 

And I shortly learned she is 22, maybe younger looking than most people her
age, but still.

 

The next thought was that I LEFT Viet Nam after a year and a half when I was
21. And I left active duty when I was 22.

 

Duh.

 

Not saying I felt old but...I certainly felt....I don't know....weathered?

 

Just saying.

 

Gary Thewlis