We’ve been writing to a nurse at the hospital in Germany after she sent us a really nice email thanking the boys for the quilts they had made. It turns out she was a patient in her hospital for a short time and received one of the blankets on a particularly chilly night. Even tho it’s warm over there, the hospital rooms get cold just like here.

Our oldest son had been at Scottish Rite hospital for a week last year when his appendix ruptured. The blankets they give out are these skinny cotton coverlets. They are warm, I’m not knocking them, but it’s a glimpse of understanding how good it must make those so far from home right now, feel, when they receive one of the blankets from Soldier’s Angels. Tammy had mentioned how much the children love getting the quilts from other kids, when they have to be admitted to the army hospital. Knowing how much our kids still trail around with their toddler blankets - it’s good to know someone else a half a world away - receives the same comfort.

Won’t you remember the Soldier’s Angels organization and do what you can - even if it’s writing letters - to the men, women and children - who fight on so many different fronts.