Operation Write Home Blog Hop

These are my Any Service Member Operation Write Home Cards. These cards include a letter to support and encourage our Armed Forces Members who are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. As many of you know, I am a proud Air Force Wife and a contractor with the Army, so this mission is one of great importance to me. My husband has been deployed and will go again soon, so this was the perfect opportunity to not only showcase some of my creations, but to get my children involved. My two kids, Katie age 11 and Jarrett age 6 worked together to write this letter that will be sent with these cards. It brought tears to my eyes, so I thought I would share their letter with you.

Dear Any Servicemember,
My Dad is a Service Member too. We hate it when he has to leave, so we know your family must hate it too. Our Dad did tell us why it is so important for him to go, so maybe you can tell this to your kids and they won’t be so sad that you’re gone. Dad says that there are lots and lots of people who live where you are fighting. They have kids and dogs and everything just like us. But there are bad people who live there too. They don’t want to let the kids have fun, or give them food or let them do all the things we like to do. Dad says your job as soldiers is to make sure that the bad men go away and leave the kids alone. He said if you weren’t there to protect them, no one would be able to keep them safe. That’s why it is ok with us for our Dad to go to the desert, and why we are so proud of him, and why your kids and your family should be proud of you too. We know that you are there to keep everyone safe. Please remember to keep yourself safe too. Your kids want you to come home safe. Oh, one more thing…Our Dad will be going to the desert really soon. If you aren’t too busy keeping all the people who live there safe, can you keep him safe too?
Thank you,
Katie and Jarrett

One of the other requirements for this blog hop was to show a Valentine's Card that I will be sending to Operation Write Home. These cards are left blank to allow the soldiers to send them home to their families and friends. Katie thought it would be a good idea to send cards that the sodliers could send to their kids, so below are the Valentine's Day cards she helped me create.

To learn more about Operation Write Home check out their website here. To start this blog hop at the beginning, click here. To continue on with the blog hop, check out Cassie from Georgia. Cassie is also the wife of a Service Member who is currently deployed. Make sure you take a moment to check out her wonderful projects as well as let her know how much we appreciate her families sacrifice!