Thought this was worth sharing.... My 8 yr old daughters class made pen pals with some servicemen overseas. She got her reply letter back today and was super excited. I don't know if the guys and gals getting the notes from these kids get as excited as these kids do about getting the replies but either way I thought it was pretty cool. I think my daughter has already learned a lot from the experience. Values, price of freedom etc, we had a talk about it tonight.... blew me away Her letter.. His reply on the back of her original letter..
In all honesty his reply causes tears in my eyes...... 3yr old daughter.... gone over seas... we can't thank these folks enough
Wow that's really awesome buddy thanks for sharing. We really can't thank them enough, Iv had a couple really close friends pay the ultimate price, an I miss them. But freedom isn't free they, they loved what did an knew the dangers. I was an still am proud to call them friends.
I can tell you from experience, to get a random letter from a young student is in some ways more valuable than letters from family. When overseas we hope and expect to hear from loved ones but to get a letter out of the blue from a child who wants to share a kind word makes it all a little bit easier.
Pray for our Soldiers! God Bless America! For all who serve, for those that have served, THANK YOU X A MILLION!!! 1 Grateful Bow Hunter here-
This is really nice...im glad the schools are doing this...teaches the kids a lot I bet and good for morale on the other end as well Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
Awesome! Not to be a wet blanket, but I feel obliged to relate a true story for those parents who have children participating in similar programs. During Desert Storm a 15 year old school girl participated in such a program and was assigned to a member of my unit...Assault Craft Unit Two. Anyway, this 25 year old pervert (Saunders was his name) writes to the girl and asks for a pair of soiled panties. The girl's father just happened to be an Air Force Col. and thankfully he caught wind of the request. Mr. Saunders was punished for his actions, but let this be a word of warning. As a retired Navy Chief, I have the utmost respect for our military men and women. However, the military is just a microcosm of our society as a whole. Know what your kids are reading and writing.
It does mean alot because during down time you want to keep troops minds off the battlefied. Still keeping that combat mindset you can still relax and do some writing if possible. This is great.
That really is good stuff! It's always painful to be away from family when the military deploys, but leaving your kids is always the worst. I remember not seeing my oldest child until he was five months old, and I remember my first deployment after my oldest daughter and another son were born. I've heard quite a few grown men cry that first night after the ship pulls out for an extended deployment. But then, I also remember coming back from that deployment and watching my (then) 4 year old daughter breaking free of her mother's grasp and sprinting to me crying and yelling "Daddy!" with my 2 year old son behind her trying to keep up. I cried then and I wasn't ashamed at all. That will always be my most treasured memory of my daughter's younger years.
One of the funniest and most painful moments for me was when I returned from being deployed for over a year. My wife and children met me at the airport and when I hugged and kissed my wife, my son yelled "Don't touch my mommy! I'm going to tell Daddy!" I told him that I was his daddy and he screamed at me "You're not my daddy! My daddy is in the Army!" He was 2 1/2 at the time. I laughed at the first part and then hurt because he only remembered his daddy through my photograph in my dress uniform that hung on the living room wall. It took about a week of his mom and sister telling him I was his dad to get him to accept that I was home.
Holy crap! That is tough stuff right there! Thank you sir for the sacrifices you have made for ALL of us!! (That goes for all of you fellas on here who have and are currently serving our country)
These letters can mean a lot to soldiers overseas, I always appreciated and replied to them. The first mail anyone in my platoon received after invading Iraq were letters from a children's Sunday school class in Florida. Turns out the teacher was a machine gunner in our platoon back in Vietnam. They even sent us some very appreciated care packages at a time we didn't have many things to enjoy.
my thoughts and experiences also! Awesome stuff...I remember when I got one over there and I had to get up and leave the tent cause I was cryin like a baby when I was reading it, just felt like home, and a very heart warming feeling in a time and place of despair.......
My favorite was the Christmas stockings full of little things and candies. Made the end of the deployment so much easier.
Very cool. I remember doing this in grade school but I don't think we got responses. Thanks for sharing. Sent from my SCH-R530U using Tapatalk
