
Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki said:I can't tell you what I do to support him![]()
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weeyore33 said::
you made me giggle!![]()
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my 8 year old son insisted on painting his room red white and blue and he always has to stop and say "im proud to be an American" to every uniformed serviceman, or woman. this is for fire,police,army,navy,airforce,marines,coast guard, it doesnt matter to him, he is the proudest american I know! I am so proud of him at 8 years old he is far beyond his years![]()
we know a dad from the dancing school who came home safe, and my DS on his own made him a card, it had the pictures of the World Trade Centers and he wrote THANK YOU, CHRIS. (chris is 6' 6" 370 lbs) we all cried![]()
weeyore33 said:what a cutie! they probably have the same wardrobe too- camo in every color![]()
2tinksmom said:My daughter wanted to do something special for the troops for her 12th birthday. I had learned about the website anysoldier.com from this thread. Together, we picked out 9 Marines (my uncle served in the Marine Corp and fought in Korea) and one young man from the Air Force (he's in a K-9 unit and we have a special place in our hearts for our furballs!) My daughter does competative gymnastics and is at the optional level. She practices 20 hours a week with 9 other optionals. These were the nine girls she had come over for her bd. We had so many things donatated for care packages that we ended up with 22 boxes. Each girl had their own soldier. They included letters and pictures they had drawn. We were overwhelmed by the response we got back even tho I had told them that these guys were fighting a war so don't expect a letter back. We have "adopted" two soldiers...one for each of my daughters ( the youngest is 7). We now e-mail them and continue to send boxes to them. They have sent some really great letters to the girls and e-mailed pictures to them. I worry when we don't hear from them for a while. These guys are like family to us now and I feel deeply blessed that we are able to let them know how much we appreciate them.
Michele
Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki said:I can't tell you what I do to support him![]()
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kc10family said:I know this is different, but I am teaching my 3 y/o DD patriotic songs. She knows God Bless America very well now. The other day we went to a park in town where the 9/11 Flag presentation was being held. (I guess an organization goes from city to city and posts a flag for every life lost on 9/11. It was Very moving.) My DD heard them play God Bless America and she started to sing along. I was in tears.
I think we as Americans have gotten away from patriotism and that is wrong. My tribute to my DH (18 yrs AF) is to ensure my DDs know and understand what makes America great and how to keep alive the history of how we came to be America. I believe in the Pledge of Allegiance, The National Anthem and that we should teach our children these things.
I know this is not a direct support of our troops, but I think this is a good way to support our troops.