In My Own Words

Well, a dose of love and appreciation, for one thing.  Guardian Angel cards to be distributed among the group. Hugs in the “empty spaces.”  Magazines, books, stationery for the troops to write home on.  Sewing kits, safety pins, coat hangers, magnets to hang pictures on metal walls of CHU’s, decent toilet paper, air fresheners…anything our [...]

Today has been a good day to hang laundry out on the line, so I’ve been doing laundry, and in between loads I got one care package put together and have written a letter or two. I hand wrote these letters, and it’s obvious by the pains now shooting through my wrist that I’m going [...]

Thank you to all who have signed my guestbook so far, and especially to my Warriors who have signed. I was pleased to see an entry this evening by one of the female Warriors we adopted a couple of years ago, SPC Dana Atkinson. She also left a comment on the Comment page. Looks like [...]

I’ve got Paul and Jennifer’s three daughters for a few hours today, as well as Shawn and Jini’s two little ones. When Paul and Jennifer dropped the girls off, Rachel had a stack of pictures she and Savanna had drawn and colored for me to send to our Soldiers. I guess the next box out [...]

Just go through the checkout lane at Dollar General Market with 16 packs of baby wipes.   I guarantee you’ll get a funny look.  I just smiled at the clerk and said “I’ve got a team of snipers in Afghanistan who have no shower facilities; they’re begging for baby wipes.”  Her response was “No way…you’re [...]

I’ve got two packages ready to go to the post office this afternoon. I packed a large Flat Rate Box full of snacks for our sniper group in Afghanistan, and a small Flat Rate Box full of snacks for one of our troops in Iraq. Before I pick up Shawn’s kids on the way home, [...]

I have a new Soldier to support, and this is his request: “I’m a sniper team leader in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. We don’t have many resources out here, including no showers. Some of the things my men and I need are baby wipes, and a portable shower, something along the lines of a 5 [...]

A couple of Warriors we supported during their deployments have visited and signed the guest book, and one who is currently in the sandbox signed as well. One of the two who are currently home, SPC Kumpf, also left a comment on the comment page. Kumpf is wanting to get back in the fight…guess when [...]

For my first blog entry, I would like to share an e-mail sent by one of my “kids in the sandbox” after he checked out my website. He sent the e-mail below to all his friends and family, as well as to me so I would know what he was up to. (I refer to [...]