Last night I felt compelled to share my excitement and gratitude for the chain of events and people who have allowed me to make such a huge impact on our valiant heroes overseas. This is the email I shared with my contacts, and one of the responses to that email. With Sarah Jane’s permission, I am posting her thoughts at the bottom of this blog post. May you be touched by her sentiment, as she brought tears to my eyes and filled my heart with her kindness and compassion.
(PS. Sarah, if you are reading this, I PROMISE I will do as you have asked, and give the next Wounded Warrior or service member I come across on my next visit or flight an extra hug of gratitude from YOU! )
Thank you!
Date: Friday, November 5, 2010, 10:49 PMThe Sky Angel @ Rockefeller Center on her way to "Stand Up For Heroes"
Since returning from vacation to Australia in September, life seems to have been a bit of a whirlwind. Now that I returned “home” for a few hours, I found myself compelled to take time to THANK those who have given such tremendous support to me over the years, along with taking a moment to salute our service members. What started out as something very small for me eight years ago, continues to grow with each passing day. (Earlier this year I was dubbed “The Sky Angel” and found the necessity to start a web page with a blog. Tigger became my mascot and way of honoring our troops in my travels. Whenever they see him, they know I am saluting them.) Although I have learned a great deal, I truly believe God has a bigger plan for me, and I am open to whatever path He sets forth. What I feel inside is absolute gratitude for those individuals who sacrifice so very much on a daily basis in order to keep me safe, and protect my freedoms. It is in that light, that I have had such a fantastic week in visiting with, and honoring them.
Please click on the link to read the blog I wrote about visiting our Wounded Warriors at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland this past weekend. http://www.alwayssupportourheroes.com/WordPress/?p=268
In reading it you I hope you see how my week turned full circle by being invited as a guest by remind.org (Bob Woodruff’s Foundation) to the event “Stand Up For Heroes” in New York City on November 3rd. The entire week has left me full of energy, gratitude, and asking myself how my life experiences will have the greatest impact for the greater good. My life was forever changed by being interviewed a year ago by this inspirational man, and the stories of survival I have heard from our Wounded Warriors ever since. The greatest compliments I will ever receive were given to me by Bob Woodruff by naming me “Person of the Week” last October, and by Steve Flairty including me in his book “Kentucky’s Everyday Heroes 2” this past summer.
The sky is the limit, but I know I could not get there without your prayers, donations, and encouragement. In all that I do, I pray I honor those brave and valiant heroes, because I truly hope none of them ever feel alone on the battlefield, or when they return home. If you or anyone you know wants to adopt a service member, please go to my website to learn how … http://alwayssupportourheroes.com/adopt.html.
Thanks so much for your donations towards my causes, and believing in me every step of my life journey. May each of us continue to make a difference, in our own ways, every day. The next two weeks will be filled with sending out the Christmas trees, decorations, and care packages for the various units I am supporting for the holidays. None of this could have been done without the kind donations from people such as yourself.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Subject: Re: Thank you
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