Five years ago our family and a neighbor went to a few houses and sang Christmas carols. This year we had eight families, over 20 kids, and sang at a dozen houses. We had some star power as one of the 12yo's sang the Star Spangled Banner at a Celtics game last year.
One of the families has three young kids and her husband is a USMC Reservist on his 4th deployment. I asked her 6yo daughter what she wanted for Christmas and she said "Some toys and my dad home again."
I almost cried on the spot. I remember how hard it was when my dad went on a week long business trip. We're going to donate some babysitting so mom can get out of the house a little. Her husband is due home in a month.
So don't forget those military families -the National Guard and Reservist troops don't have the post support structures.
One of the families has three young kids and her husband is a USMC Reservist on his 4th deployment. I asked her 6yo daughter what she wanted for Christmas and she said "Some toys and my dad home again."
I almost cried on the spot. I remember how hard it was when my dad went on a week long business trip. We're going to donate some babysitting so mom can get out of the house a little. Her husband is due home in a month.
So don't forget those military families -the National Guard and Reservist troops don't have the post support structures.