When it’s real cold out like this I often think about the veterans who had to fight in this weather. Being freezing cold is miserable. Combat is miserable. Doing both is unthinkable. Soldiers in Europe in WWII and later Korea used to pick apart the belongings of those killed in action because they might score a better pair of boots, maybe a jacket. In Korea they used frozen dead bodies to bolster defensive positions.
Way too much has been done for our freedom to not think of and show gratitude to these veterans often.