As a parent, you would do anything to make a Tour of Duty easier. A Mom can't control the enemy, but she can send love and support through packages from home. Recognizing the sacrifice and easing home-sickness through care packages may seem too simplistic. It is not. Just ask a returning soldier. It means the world. It means Home.
I remember my cousin Terry sent her boyfriend cookies. Her sweetie's tour was in Viet -Nam. He later shared the sweets had arrived pulverized. The cookies were more like flour than crumbs. He poured the mess into his field helmet, mixed it with water, and ate Terry's Toll House offering like soup. In the middle of a hostile jungle, Monroe savored every bite. It was sweet. It was familiar. It was from someone he cared about. It was something from not where he was, but where he wanted to be. The cookies meant home.
If you would like to make a soldier's holiday better, contact your local Blue Star Mother's group. They have a list of items that our men and women in uniform request and like to receive. Drop it off and they will mail it to local men and women who are serving our country.
If you want a face with a name, I have one. CPL Eli Lamb. Eli grew up and was educated in Muskogee. He was deployed to Afghanistan last week. His Mother, Jackie Lamb, sent this information to me. I thought I would share it with my readers and perhaps they would want to send 19 year old Eli a little love from home. It would be well-received so far away and would be well appreciated by his very nervous Mother. Funny how something so simple could mean so much. We all like to know we're appreciated. We all like to know we're loved. God Speed Eli. Be safe. Be safe, all who serve our country. We are all so proud of your sacrifice and service. May we always remember. May we never forget.
(What follows is word for word from Mom, Jackie.)
Eli LOVES Skittles, original flavor beef jerky, Snickers, Sudoku, anything about OU. Some other ideas would be newspaper articles about the Roughers and updates on classmates. Kazoos, card games would be fun gifts that he could share with his brothers there, giving all of them something to do. He also loves "redneck" stuff- Jeff Foxworthy is a hero! Believe it or not, he also loves the Beverly Hillbillies and Gilligan's Island, so if you could find old comics or books of them he would like that. Hand wipes and baby wipes are always welcome since showers are few and far between. A package would need to be sent about the 3rd week of Nov. or so in order to get there by Christmas and they aren't guaranteeing that they will then, but no later than that. They are saying 4-5 weeks delivery times, maybe a little longer.
(Eli's address follows:)
2d AA BN B Co. Det A/Unit 73576
FPO AE 09510-3576
chrissie
11 comments:
Blue Star Moms and HUGS are great programs. They send everything from decks of cards to Girl Scout cookies overseas.
http://www.bluestarmoms.org/
http://www.thehugsproject.com/
Thank you for the info. If anyone has a special soldier they would like people to remember with a care package-feel free to add name and address here! chrissie
Hi. I am Eli's mom. Eli is a brave young man who chose to defend our country from terrorist actions. Eli graduated from MHS in 2008 and left the following week for Marine boot camp. He signed on the day he turned 17 on delayed enlistment until he graduated (with honors.) He will be active duty 4 years and inactive 4 years. When his dad and I asked why the Marines and why now, he simply said, "If not me, then who would go? I want to make sure an attack like 9/11 never happens again, especially not on our soil." Nothing would dissuade him. He was and is determined to carry out the mission.
We are VERY proud and nervous at the same time. Eli is stationed where he cannot get cell phone service or computer access, so he will hear from us and we from him 1x per month or less. In other words, no news is good news. It means he is ok. Snail mail takes 3-4 weeks to reach them.
It's hard to think of a 19 year old far away from home at war at Christmas, but there are MANY younger and older who are doing just that. Packages and letters of encouragement from HOME mean the world to them! Eli loves Muskogee and spends most of his time socializing when he is home. He wants to join the sheriff's department as a deputy when he is discharged. Muskogee is HOME to him. Anything you would like to send him would be appreciated. News from home, any news at all, is something the men and women crave. The Roughers are Eli's team, followed closely by the Sooners. He also has visited the high school every single time he has been home on leave as well as Taco Mayo where he worked.
It means so much to his dad, Bill, and I that you would consider sending Eli and his buddies a card or letter of encouragement, telling him and them you are happy they are willing to fight for freedom, for which they are sacrificing so much. News and letters are shared with everyone in the platoon. If you choose to send candy and little gifts, thanks for those, too. Most his age will be home from college or have a family to share the holidays with, but he and his platoon will not. They will share what they have with each other. AGAIN, THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR ANYTHING YOU DO.
ELI'S MAMA AND DADDY, JACKIE AND BILL LAMB
Jackie and Dad Bill say it much better than I. They speak for every parent who has watched a child leave and serve. God speed and God Bless. chrissie
Just watched the ceremony at Ft Hood. Glad to have a name to send something from home...
I was googling my son's address and found your blog. My son, too, has the very same address as your Marine so I am assuming they are in the same unit and deployed from Camp Lejeune the same day (Nov. 3). I haven't heard from him since Saturday so I'm not sure what's going on, but I heard from his wife that she believes they are "moving" since she heard from him on Tuesday. Would love to keep in contact with you all if possible.
Terri
PMM of Sgt. Corey
ncterri1@yahoo.com
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terri, i will make sure Jackie see's your post....i have her as a facebook friend and will contact her right this minute chrissie
Eli's address has changed as of tonight at 6:30 p.m.
New address is:
Cpl. Lamb, Eli W.
2D AA BN B Co. Det. A (DWYER)
Unit 73576
09353-3576
(THE Camp name DWYER has been added and the zip code has changed. Letters and packages to the old address will reach him, but will take longer.)
Thanks.
Jackie Lamb, Eli's mom
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