Don't forget to sign the guestbook and let the troops know how much you support them!

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July 31, 2006    May the warm winds of heaven blow softly on your home, And the Great Spirit, bless all who enter there. May your moccasins make happy tracks In many snows, and may the rainbow Always touch your shoulder A Cherokee Blessing July 31, 2006    " You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind." Darwin P. Kingsley July 31, 2006    " No one's head aches when he is comforting another." Indian Proverb

Our Veterans are precious gifts. They fought for freedom and can offer wisdom through their experiences. If we take the time to listen to them, we can learn about life and ourselves. I recall one such time in my life. While volunteering in a nursing home, one of the residents approached me one day and asked if he could show me his medals. I am glad I took the time to listen and learn.

I never knew this man very well, yet I recall the pride in his voice as he talked about his buddies and how they gave it all to fight for victory in WWll. His stories of sacrifice touched me and reminded me that the fight for freedom belongs to us all. It will be a constant battle. Just as when America fought in WWll, we need our Veterans to remind us to stand together now.

Even though we may disagree with choices of our government, we must show anyone threatening our nation that we will fight back, the same way our Veterans did. With honor, courage, dedication, sacrifice and committment, we can learn from the masters.

Honor Veterans in your area today. Visit them and listen to their stories. Make cards for them and offer to help them with small errands that may be too much for them. Learn from them and carry forward their passion for defending freedom. 

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My Top 10 Reasons For Supporting the Best Military In the World

10. Look around at the turmoil in different parts of the world and this will be obvious.

9. Do the soldiers, sailors and Marines know every single person in the world? No, they die for us, without even knowing us!

8. Taking in the cost of a restaurant meal or a carton of cigarettes, you could send a deployed or wounded soldier a care box, full of treats and everyday items AND pay the flat-rate fee too!

7. Such a simple thing as a letter makes a really big difference, especially when it offers sincere thanks for the sacrifices of our military.

6. Yes, they get paid to fight for freedom. Yes, they sign up knowing they could die. Our military is willing to give up quite a bit to do this, what about you?

5. Who would fight for freedom, if not for the soldiers, sailors and Marines?

4. The next time you choose to offer your opinion about the President, a Congressional member or anyone else in our government, ask yourself this: is our freedom worth the price our military pays? They think so!

3. If you do not support the military, at least in prayers and thoughts, are you taking freedom for granted?

2. Supporting the military is a great family project.

1. It's the right thing and it's an American thing! No party affiliation needed.

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You Know You are a Military Spouse When…
by Kathie Hightower & Holly Scherer

As a spouse brand new to military life, you often feel like a “stranger in a strange land.” So many things are foreign. After a few years we see the same things as simply part of our lives and forget that not everyone in America experiences these same things. We’ve asked spouses to share some favorite versions of “You Know You are a Military Spouse When.” Here they are:
• you stand as they play our National Anthem before the start of the movie (and you know you are connected to the military if you are in a theater that plays the National Anthem at the start of a movie!)
• you say 1800 hours instead of 6pm
• you automatically stop your car when you hear the bugle call Retreat, get out and stand straight with your hand over your heart when you hear the National Anthem or To the Colors played as the flag is lowered. (and you know which direction on base/post to face even when you aren’t near the flagpole)
• all your kids, including your two year old stop what they’re doing and put their hands on their hearts whenever they hear the National Anthem.
• you know what someone means when they say “we lived on the economy,” or “we lived in a stairwell.”
• if you ever answer a question with HOOAH!
• you can move your daycare from one state to another and still have the same children enrolled.
• you refer to your bathroom as the latrine.
• you find yourself saying “let’s police up this yard” to your kids.
• you ask someone to hold on a second by saying “stand by”.
• you wake up to the sound of running feet and jody calls outside your window
• you go to sleep with the sound of TAPS playing
• you and your kids have spent at least one Thanksgiving in the Mess Hall (okay, some do call it the Dining Facility but old habits die hard.)
• you don't know your own social security number anymore, but you know your spouses by heart.
• you yell at your kids by saying, “Don’t make me email your father/mother!”

And right now, you know you are a military spouse when not a day goes by without you thinking about the war in Iraq, whether or not your own spouse is deployed.

Kathie and Holly are coauthors of Help! I'm a Military Spouse -- I Want a Life Too! Information on their book, articles and workshops is at www.militaryspousehelp.com.
©2006 Hightower and Scherer