In My Own Words

Well, here it is payday again, so once again I have $40 at my disposal to spend on our Warriors. I’ve still got “stuff” at the house, and I had $20 and change in the Troop Support Checking Account thanks to a donation from some kind folks who visited my site one day last week. [...]

I create different cards to send to our Warriors, in hopes of brightening their day as much as possible. If I can bring a smile to a Soldier’s face for a moment, I consider that a successful day. I have spent the entire evening working on a card that I personalize for each Troop.  I’ve [...]

This young man was one of our adopted Warriors from Ft. Campbell. His e-mail ID was “nobodybelievesme,” so I always addressed him as “Sergeant Nobody.”  He re-deployed home sometime late last fall, and I hadn’t heard anything out of him since he came home. Yesterday evening I came in to shut down my computer, and [...]

I got an e-mail today from Spc. Lizardo-Perez; he got the care package full of snacks and magazines yesterday. The first line of his message said “All I can say is WOW, awesome!”  I had enclosed 24 Guardian Angel cards, and he said once he opened the box, he set it on the table in [...]

Okay, don’t tell the others that we play favorites…LOL!! This is “Capt. Kru,” a Marine who has served three tours in the Middle East. He is currently back in the states, and who knows if he’ll wind up deployed again… Capt. Kru always sent the neatest slide shows of his Marines doing their jobs, and [...]

Click the link below to see the Oak Ridge Boys singing “Did I Make a Difference?” Did I Make A Difference? Jack posted this video on his Multiply page, and I really like it so I thought I’d post it here. I wonder at times if what I’m doing makes a difference or not. Occasionally [...]

Click the link below to view a 9-minute video of EOD techs at work. IED Hunters in Afghanistan

Jack and I went to see “The Hurt Locker” today at the theater in Clarksville. It’s a limited release movie, and we were fortunate that it was playing in Nashville and Clarksville. It is a movie about an EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) team in Iraq, and it’s pretty intense.  I read about it yesterday on [...]