Good evening everyone, I hope that everyone is well and that we have had a nice Convention thus far. I remember last year leading up to the crowning that would signify the beginning of my year as the Miss AMVETS White Clover Princess, so many exciting feels as I anticipated my reign. I recall all the nerves I had as I walked up to this podium in this very room with Eric Bates and how the nerves only grew as I started to read the speech I prepared. After I read my speech and I began to relax because I knew members from previous years helping out, and tagging along at events, not everyone was a stranger. The hospitality rooms afterward made me feel great all those whom I knew seemed so proud and just as happy as I was, my nerves over giving future speeches began to subside with the helpful advice of friends. That feeling and memory are the first in the large mental folder that is my …show more content…
The Honor Flight I was at in may was a something special, seeing all the veterans walking up the concored, a pair of ladies dressed in 50s clothing kissed each side of every single veteran’s cheek leaving a red kiss mark for all to see, tears ran down the faces of some and there were smiles so many smiles, I loved being there for that experience so much. The hospital tours were a major part of my year I went to 7 in all and I picked up on a lot of new lingo along the way and I loved how the tours of each were different from the last, the level of care that is given to veterans is something that needs to always be on it’s A game and there are things that a VA has to continuously do to provide that, and they are always trying to come up with new ways to provide that