I’ve mentioned several times in videos that I have two friends who are really ill.  I’m sad to say that one of them has gotten much worse in a very short amount of time and Hospice is now involved.  I’m sure all of you have lost friends, family and co-workers and it’s never easy.  I’ve known this woman for twenty years and her life has not been particularly easy.  She has just found love in the last few years and got married in September.  We had lunch shortly after and she was so excited to have a Mrs. in front of her name.  She sat there with her cute new wig and giggled about being married.  She was so happy and we were thrilled she’d found the love she’d been looking for.  She has brain cancer and three weeks ago we were getting planning on going out to lunch and I’ve missed the chance to do so.   I just sent her another card last week and will continue to send them until I don’t have a reason to.

We have a nephew that was in the first Gulf War.  I sent him letters and cards at least once a week.  When he came home, he hugged me hard and thanked me for the mail I had sent him.  He was so glad that he had someone who remembered him as often as I had.  I told him how proud we were of him and that I just wanted to make sure that he knew it.

With the advent of the internet and email, the art of sending cards and letters is trickling off and I for one, am not going to let it die out.  Locally, we have a group that send boxes to our service personnel that are on active duty overseas.  I’ve been involved with them for ten years and the work they do is phenomenal.  They like to include cards to our service people.  Both written in and ones that the service people can send home to their friends and family.  I’m asking for your help.  I’d like to start making cards (and I will be doing videos as well) to send to service people.  I think they deserve to know that people back home are thinking about them and hope they are doing well.  They might not be getting any mail from home and this box will really brighten their day.  It’s filled with food and toiletries and candy and cards and letters.  Often they do not have any cards or letters to go inside and send 60-70 boxes a month as well as 700+ at Christmas.  I’m hoping that you will consider helping me with this cause.  Here is where you can send your cards.

Project Support our Troops

c/o Laurie’s Embroidery

283 North Street Plaza

Meadville PA  16335

Please help me to make a difference in the day of some of our men and women that are in the military overseas, I’d really appreciate it.

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