In My Own Words

Awhile back I told y’all about the dog we adopted from AnySoldier.com, Ms. Lmat Lucky. The last round of care packages I sent out included one to Lucky, and contained two bags of dog food and three packages of dog treats. I included a thank you card addressed to “Lucky’s Warriors” and a couple of [...]

Not a whole lot new going on at the moment. I just thought I should check in and let y’all know I’m still kickin’. I have been impressed with how quickly the last several packages I have mailed have reached their destinations. I have several Warriors that I never hear from when I send boxes, [...]

My last blog post was about donations received. This is another story of donations received. Not all gifts are monetary; sometimes people will pick up a few items to put in care packages. Once in awhile, someone will pick up more than a “few” items for our Warriors, and that’s what this blog is about. [...]

Well, how about this, y’all… Just as my Troop Support account had reached $4.07, and I was starting to think if I didn’t get some bread orders soon I was never going to get any more care packages sent – I got a $100 check in the mail today from an angel in Hailey, Idaho. [...]

Y’all know me – among other things, I’m a Patriotic American citizen, with great respect for our flag. A tattered flag gets on my last nerve, but I would almost rather see a tattered flag waving in the breeze than to see an empty flagpole. We bank at US Bank in Pleasant View, and it [...]

Well, darn, I didn’t get my application submitted in time. They started accepting apps for this month on March 1 – I signed in and was ready to submit, but got a message stating “We have already accepted 1,000 applications for March. Please try again starting April 1.” I guess on April 1, I need [...]