Remember

Author Jo Petty once said, “When you are young, consider that one day, you too will be old...and when you grow old, remember that you also were once young.”

I will never forget the day that an 18-year-old soldier walked into my office at Fort Hood, seeking my assistance to obtain a hardship discharge. He had been in the Army for only 6 months and believed he needed to be discharged.

When I inquired …