Oh My goodness! she is gorgeous! Get her address as soon as you can. And start sending care packages. the firs one i sent ot Bryan, my adopted bpy, took six months to get there. then we figured out how to do it so that he could get stuff faster. I sent a package every two weeks and sometimes he got to or three at a time. but he really needed that form home. i missed a week and he was eating MRE's for a month becuse they were out somewhere for a month. but when he got back the package was there. Bryan came back in feb. He was there for fifteen months. He is a Marine. I am so proud of him but that was one of th worst years of my life. i got a few calls that i didnt want ot hear. about things he saw and had to do. like the time he and two of his buddies were stuck in a mud hole for 8 hrs. it was freezing cold and the mud stank . they couldnt come in and get them until the morning and they were being shot at. he called when they got back and i cried all morning. i didnt tell him not to tell me stuff like that because i knew he needed to talk . when he came home eh borught tow of his buddies home for a week. just wore me out those three. but it was nice meeting the boys and somehow made me feel better becasue they are so close. he was talking about volunteering to go back but towards the end he saw some thngs that werent right so i hope he will jsut stay in the states if he can for the rest of his time. I will pray fo you and your daughter and please tell her thank you for doing what she does for us.

Alyssa actually gave us her Iraq address before she even deployed--however, we aren't allowed to send her anything yet. She has called us each twice already, and also called her sisters. Needless to say, her phone card is just about out, so we are buying her a new one as soon as we can.

Alyssa wouldn't be upset about being stuck in the mud. After all, the place where we used to live was regularly underwater. What she doesn't like is the sand. They had a sandstorm for at least the first 24 hours she was there and sand got into everything she took with her.