Countdown begins...

The countdown for the holiday season has begun. (bet you thought I meant the countdown for the election.) Stores are already decorating and Thanksgiving and Christmas wares abound everywhere. With the election and the holidays coming, most of us will be running helter skelter to finish all our chores, and errands, and responsibilities.
I have a Christmas wish list and am writing a letter to Santa early. Its a simple list that I have. All of you can be a Santa this year. Will you take up the challenge?
There are thousands of soldiers serving our country admirably and bravely. Some won't even receive a letter or a card, let alone a package. We cant allow this to happen.
There are several things you can do. In an earlier post, I wrote about Adopt a Platoon.
http://www.adoptaplatoon.org/new/
Great people doing this wonderful effort. Go check them out.
Or go to
http://www.soldiersangels.com/
Read about them, help them, and adopt a soldier.
Cant afford to send a package, dont have time to adopt a soldier? Write a letter to a soldier. Let them know we pray for them, think of them, and care about them. Buy a card, write a note.
Or check out here:
http://www.homefronthugs.com/page17.html
send a soldier a hug.
Have paper back books that youve read and dont know what to do with them.
Go here: http://www.booksforsoldiers.com/
Or simply go here:
http://asoldiersblog.blogspot.com/
On a soldier's blog, you can find dozens of links that will give you a place to act, as well as news, pictures, and a soldiers point of view.
Lets once again stand and show our support for the men and women who everyday live and breath the fight for our freedom.
Imagine...you are in a crowd of people, and someone yells," mail is here." Youve been living in a world far away from your familiar surroundings, far away from loved ones, or just far away.You look up and hope, maybe today I will receive a letter , you watch as peoples names are called. You wait, trying not to get your hopes up. You hold your breath, not even realizing you arent breathing, wanting, hoping, wishing....and then you hear it ...your name...
a letter...yeaahhhhhhh....your whole day changes as a smile erupts on your face. Someone cares about me.
As Tiny Tim said, " God bless us, every one."