Remembering D-Day... By Volunteering

On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to fight Nazi Germany. More than 9,000 allied soldiers were killed or wounded. Not only today, but everyday we should honor all of our troops including the many WWII Veterans!

Tomorrow is a very special day for me...

Instead of going to work, I am actually participating in a very special volunteer opportunity. I will be a Guardian greeting approximately 96 WWII Veterans at Dulles International Airport with the Honor Flight Chicago program. Our day will consist of escorting the Veterans around to the different monuments in DC. It is such an honor to be able to spend my day with these wonderful Veterans that gave so much to our country! They deserve the absolute best treatment. We see how the celebrities are treated when they come to town, these Veterans deserve 10 times the VIP treatment! I can't wait to fill you in tomorrow on how our adventures through DC evolve!

Don't forget to thank a Veteran! They are true Hero's!

(Photo from New Bern Now Blog)

I will leave you with a quote that Honor Flight Network seems to live by...

"WE CAN'T ALL BE HEROES. SOME OF US HAVE TO STAND ON THE CURB AND CLAP AS THEY GO BY" - WILL ROGERS

Brought to me via Skype all the way from Afghanistan...

So I have been MIA for almost a week now. I have been crazy busy!! Now I have to recap all that has happened in the last week, I will break it up into a few posts so I don't bore you to death...  This post is all about my lovely Skype date with my wonderful Hubster! I sent him a webcam and mic/headset because where he is at didn't have any. He finally received them and we were able to catch each other online... I guess I should say he is lucky that I am such a light sleeper...

I have my FB set up to notify me via text message if anyone posts on my wall, sends me a message, or my hubby updates his status. He FB'd me about 3AM Saturday morning to wake up and get on skype... luckily I heard it! I jumped up and had to run downstairs to grab my laptop, crawled back into bed and logged into skype. My heart melted when this is what I saw...

*Sigh* see what I mean? Those three pictures can get me through at LEAST another month ;). I do love him more than words can ever describe! I will keep trying to put it into words though! We are coming up on being married for 3 months, I can't believe it! It seems like just yesterday we were staying at the Guynes' house hanging out with Chloe and listening to the Tsunami sirens go off. Talk about scary and on top of that, not knowing if we would be able to be married the next afternoon on the beach like we were supposed to be!

I cannot wait until our next Skype date!

XOXO,

Wordless Wednesday...