Listen to Your Mother

If you don't listen to your mother, I hope you will at least listen to an Army mother.

At the time of this writing, there are 1,214 service members waiting for adoption at Soldiers' Angels. On our angel forum, I found the words of angel Donna, aka Armymom, to be particularly inspiring. I hope you find it inspiring as well and do what you can to help.

Hey everyone:

I know times are tough right now and I also know the subject of the war is getting old. However, there are over 1,000 Soldiers (Seabees, Airman, Marines and Coasties) on the waiting list to be adopted. There are 1,174 this morning, to be exact. People are losing interest in supporting our troops. People are losing interest in the war. Why? The War on Terror continues! The ONLY way to save your kids or grandkids from participating in the War on Terror is to GET ER DONE right now!

I realize no one is hearing the positive things our troops are doing in Iraq and A-Stan. The media doesn't air the positive things for some strange reason. I can tell you I read about it in every letter I get from a Soldier. I hear it from the horse's mouth! We are doing wonderful things over there, humanitarian runs to all the little villages in A-STan, meetings with the tribes leaders, building schoold, furnishing supplies for schools, getting students to college in Iraq. All those things will leave the next generation in better hands over there.

The war continues, and our support continues. Those are still our American Heroes over there and no matter yet every day they are making sacrifices by doing what they are doing over there. They are still away from their family and friends, in a foreign land and living in less than perfect conditions. They are still FIGHTING the War On Terror and they still need our support.

Please consider adopting a Soldier of your own! One letter a week and one package per month isn't that much. The package does NOT have to be a big one. Everyone knows that times are tough right now, even the Soldiers. A magizine and a pack of gum in a package is fine to send to a Soldier. The main concern is to hear his/her name at name call. They don't care what they are receiving, they DO care that someone still cares for them enough to send it.

For those of you who are in the military and have been on the receiving end of our support, consider PAYING IT FORWARD to another member in the armed forces. Reach out to someone who is standing where you once stood.

If you can't or won't adopt a Soldier of you own, consider a donation to the organization.

Please go to soldiersangels.org and find out if this may be something of interest to you.

Thank you for supporting our troops.

Donna
Proud Army Mom