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Our Agents aren't only of the Front line of Real Estate for you! @lance_welsh Is also defending out country! Help my in thanking Lance for his service #Repost · · · · When I'm not selling real estate this is my office #uscg #coastguard #uscgreserve https://www.instagram.com/p/B1O126tH2Xm/?igshid=1uky71rryxvri

"From Nothing to Something". . Happy Veterans Day to all who served. . I still remember big pieces of this day, but never knew how much this day would mean later in my life. . Less than 2 years before this picture (from 2006), I was a struggling high school drop out who had no future. I was told by my peers, friends, teachers, adults and haters that I was destined to be a failure and even a crackhead. . Prior to joining the Coast Guard I was living in West Philly off 58th and Landsdowne on Hobart St. I remember going to the grocery store to get food with food stamps, when an old man interrupted me during check out. He says, "What are you doing here? You aren't supposed to be here, you are supposed to live a great life, and this is not the place for you". . I finished paying and looked back to my right and the man was gone. I couldn't find him outside either. For the first time in years I actually believed I could be somebody. He was the messenger I needed. . The next month I was in bootcamp, and not long after I am in the White House doing one of the most rare and elite Presidential details possible. . At the time I was just doing my job. Now I see that I was making history. . To me, serving saved my life, and in the process I saved other lives too. It was always bigger than me. Happy Veterans Day. #uscg #uscgreserve #Veteransday (at The White House) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDQueVHHuh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pjrygw1ugggq