Bad apples

In the last couple of years, we have had several opportunities to do different activities for free through the Army Wounded Warrior (AW2) program.  We have an AMAZING advocate that has always gone above and beyond for all of her soldiers and is always making sure that they are taken care of, have everything they need, and get some amazing opportunities that are donated by some generous people.

What REALLY pisses me off is when there are wounded soldiers and/or their families that are ungrateful for the donations.  They want more...or better...than what is being given to them.  Heads up people.  These are donations.  It's given to you out of the kindness of these people's hearts.  They don't HAVE to do this.  We all get a bad name from the few people that are assholes that can't just be grateful and thankful for what they get.  We are not all like that.  It's bullshit that people like that ruin it for the rest of us.

Larry and I were talking about it on the way home the other night from one of the activities.  I don't know if maybe we just have a different perspective on things because of where we've been and what we've been through.  But when you have nothing, any little thing is a blessing.  When someone GIVES you something, no matter how small it is, you say thank you.  Period.  You don't complain that it's not bigger.  You don't bitch that someone else got more than you did.  When you are given something, ANYTHING, you have more than you started with and you be grateful.  When you're not, it makes people not want to do things for you anymore.  And when you represent a group...like AW2...you make all of us look bad.  That's just NOT ok.

Be grateful for what you have.  Be thankful for what you are given.  Sometimes people just make me so angry.