In an email today I received this, "A friend of mine recommended a group in NJ that is determined to send some love to kids of our deployed this Christmas. I have checked this group out over the years, and they ARE amazing."
So, keeping in mind that when Assoluta Tranquillita endorses a group, you needn't worry, I went over to her site for a video and the full scoop on Project Little Soldier.
Family Matters Blog had a post up from which I excerted some key thoughts.
"I hope we don’t forget that our military children are undergoing great challenges each day. Their parents are deploying into combat and may return home with visible or invisible wounds of war. We all must be mindful of what these children are going through, particularly since multiple deployments are now normal."
"An official recently told me that military children, on average, will attend six to nine schools over the course of a parent’s military career. That’s a lot of first-day-of-school stress to handle."
"Their challenges are all-too familiar: moving frequently and adjusting to being separated from a parent that goes off to training or gets deployed."
"These challenges aren’t new, and certainly aren’t easy. But I never cease to be impressed by our military children’s ability to adapt and cope."
If you can watch that video without a tear coming to your eyes, you are a better person then I. Please do your part to help support Project Little Soldier.
Thanks Brat for passing this along!
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