This month, the residents at the Heisinger Bluffs Retirement Home in Jefferson City stamped and created another 124 cards for our servicemen and women. They do this faithfully, every month, contributing the card stock, paper, ribbon and their time and talent.
They include a personalized slip in with each card and even take the time to seal them in the clear envelopes so that they are ready for the boxes that day.
These miss you and best wishes cards are just a sampling of the several designs they made.
Thursday of this week, From Our Hearts received a very touching card and the return address was from a location we had not ever seen before, but then, our chaplain contacts do share the cards and we have many who travel and distribute them.
The card looked very familiar. We look at each card that is donated to From Our Hearts before they are placed in the boxes and shipped over. A second look at the card was all it took to realize why we knew it so well.
It was made by our seniors at Heisinger Bluffs this past fall.
Thankful, grateful, appreciative is the sentiment stamped on the front of the card that came full circle to From Our Hearts.
We share these cards and letters as they are not mean for just those of us at the home office, but for everyone who contributes to our cause, in every way.
This is what was written:
To Whom it may concern at "From Our Hearts"
Thank You.
I am stationed at FOB GARDEZ Afghanistan. We do not have a PX or shops to buy cards like this for messages to send back to our family and friends. I have a husband and daughter at home in the states. It is a game for her to walk with Dad and check the mail. I send my husband and daughter a card or letter a piece almost every day. Just another way to try and keep your family strong during deployment. I love your cards. They were available for our troops at the USO. Thank you so much for the time you put into making them and sending them to us. Definitely a bright spot in the day.Thank you,
-signed by a Major US Army
Our cards touch many lives in so many ways. And they are appreciated - as this officer puts it: "Definitely a bright spot in the day". We are happy to be able to brighten up the lives of those who are serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan and of course, their families, friends and loved ones who are waiting patiently back home for their safe return.
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