I want to take this week to get away from the holiday madness and economic doom-and-gloom to talk about something that isn’t getting as much media coverage these days. Our troops overseas. I was going through my artists’ card decks this week and some of Kristin Nelson’s Americana-inspired cards made me think of our troops. Her cards gave me that thrill of reminding me how lucky we are to live in America. We live in a country where we have the freedom to take risks by starting our own businesses. And even if we fail, we always have the opportunity to try again. I think a lot of credit for our freedom goes to the people who protect our borders and work to promote peace around the world.
No matter what your thoughts are about U.S troops fighting wars abroad, there are a lot of men and women who won’t be home for the holidays this year. Unfortunately, their story seems to have gotten lost amid all of the other things going on right now. So, I’d like to encourage everyone to take a minute to put a greeting card in the mail for a member of our troops. One site that offers the names and addresses of U.S. soldiers is anysoldier.com. We have to act soon, but it’s not to late get a card, a “thank you”, or anything else into the hands of a soldier for the holidays. Thanks for letting me get on my soapbox this week, I’m hoping our soldiers have a chance to get a small sliver of the enormous thanks they deserve.
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