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Monday, May 28, 2012

Pausing To Remember: Cards For Our Troops


I come from a military family and while I love the long weekend that Memorial Day affords, today I also want to pause. Today, I remember the fallen. As someone once said: freedom is never free.

Today, I remember our heroes, and I remember too that our country is still at war. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that we are still sending men and women to battle.

When my brother was deployed to Iraq in 2005, we wrote each other frequently and occasionally he would ask me to write to one of his buddies who didn’t get a lot of mail from home. Those letters and packages were always fun to send because they were unexpected. After my brother returned home, I sometimes wrote to “any soldier.” I haven’t done that in a long time, but today, I will.


If you’d like to write a note to a service member or send a card, one organization that accepts mail then distributes it overseas is Operation Gratitude here.

To send mail directly to a specific service member, you can choose a name from AnySoldier.com hereOr ask around your neighborhood, office or place of worship to make a more personal connection with a service member.

To the men and women who fought for freedom, or who are still fighting, and to their families, thank you.

19 comments:

  1. What a great card and great cause!

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  2. it's so nice to reach out to those who are alone over there, thanks for sharing.

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  3. Beautiful card. And a great reminder of why today is a holiday.

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  4. Pretty! Nice to remember what today is all about!

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  5. a lovely card for a great cause!

    Sarah x

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  6. So nice, that is a theme I always have trouble with, your is so nice and so simple!

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  7. I love your patriotic card, for such a wonderful purpose. Our country thanks you for spreading good cheer. Beautiful card Izzy!

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  8. Beautiful words. Beautiful thoughts. Beautiful and touching card. As I watched the parade this morning, I kept thinking of Louie and all that he went through. To watch all of our soliders, past and present, proudly march on by, brought tears to my eyes (especially the older servicemen who won't be with us much longer). I will forever be changed, and moved, by that book.

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  9. Love this so much! That card is gorgeous and I know will have a deep impact on whoever receives it. thank you for reminding all of us what this day is about!

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  10. Beautiful post Izzy, thank you for sharing the links.

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  11. This is just beautiful! :) Thank you so much!

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  12. I did this quite a while back. I need to do it again. Thanks for the links! Great card!

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  13. What a great idea! I will be bookmarking this link! Your card is beautiful!!!

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  14. Your card is lovely Izzy and what a lovely idea.

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  15. This is GORGEOUS!! I loveeeeee the stitching!!

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  16. What a great card for an awesome cause! I'm totally on my way to check out that site now.

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