I’m at Dunn Bros today, eating lunch between my shifts at work. I need to share an epic moment that just happened a moment ago!

I plugged my headphones in to my computer to listen to a  Lady Antebellum song I’ve had stuck in my head recently. It’s a Tom Petty cover that they do; I fell in love with it several months ago when I discovered it on YouTube.

The chorus of the song had just begun when I heard a rumble that penetrated my headphones. Suddenly, a plane flew overhead and I watched, mesmorized, through the large window of the coffee shop.

This is a picture of the plane that flew by. It is a navy plane from the Blue Devil’s Air Sho which is practicing for its performance later this week. I had heard on the radio that some roads were closing for these guys to practice; I was unaware that it was the location I was at!

The plane zipped a line so straight and true you could have balanced a ruler upon it. Then, it tilted to its side, curved around, shot up higher in the sky and disappeared from my view. It wasn’t even that “showy” but I was floored.

As Lady A sang in my headphones, I basked in a rebirthed pride at every point of courage our military represents.

This was my little “priority realignment” moment. I’ve never lost my pride in the United States military, but it’s also been a couple of years since my last show of respect at a memorial/celebration service. Maybe, during this Navy Week, it would be a good moment to catch up on that.

The Lady A/Tom Petty cover I was listening to? Pretty apt…