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A
cheery springtime luncheon – chicken salad,
ham and roast beef wraps, jello salad, deviled eggs,
chips and dips, pasta salad, pickles, turnovers, cookies,
cheesecake, peach tea, soda, and smoothies. Flowers
by Brenda! |
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Stuff
for kids left in the day room from WA State OTY
and Marine Mom Chris. |
Two
PROUD 3/1
Marine Moms,
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One
Gold Star and one Blue Star, meeting for the first
time today. |
Gift
bags courtesy of Marine Mom x 2 Rosemary, Navy/Marine
Mom Andria, and Ann and Friends’ Arbonne goodies,
Marine Moms and Friends of Marines. Notes of support from
all over the United States and Germany, too. “These
Colors Don’t Run” t-shirts from Embroidery
Friends.
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Two
friends
catching up. |
Shorty
got her new shirt today – yep – those Marine
Elves and their sense of humor…
She loved it. :)
How
many different ways are there to go to Bethesda? Now we
know the scenic route so that makes at least three. Ok,
ok, *cough* I got us lost. Again. Brenda’s vowed
to print out MapQuest for us next time and I’ve
vowed to never be lead car again. Heh. Thank goodness
Robin was with us, saved the day and got us back on 495.
And then Deb’s SUV looks like every other SUV on
the road and I thought I was following her but I wasn’t
and took the wrong lane on the Wisconsin Avenue exit because
I knew where I was going and didn’t think she did,
finally turned around to go in the right direction, Brenda
called Julie to tell them to turn around and they were
already at the hospital. Yeah – I have issues doing
city driving. Get me off the Shore and I am clueless.
I mean really – have you ever gotten lost in the
D.C. area??? You can end up in Richmond reeeeally easily
without even trying. And Shorty’s still brave enough
to ride with me… The stuff that goes on behind the
scenes… mmm hmmm…. and that’s ALL I’m
saying about the behind the scenes :)
The
luncheon – as always, each one is different but
there seems to be a theme going here for the past three
months - more moms than patients. Few patients again,
several of them out on day passes, that was good. Rita
and Julie, both Gold Star Moms, joined us. One of the
Marines who had been a patient there and is now on med
hold waiting for his release hung out with us, so you
Missouri Moms – know that a St. Louis Marine got
lots and lots of Marine Mom attention today. Our Navy
friend popped in to say hello too, as well the Gunny and
the SSgt. we had met before. The day rooms there are all
spiffed up now with new furniture, TVs, carpeting, bookcases,
new computers, wallpaper – nice. Annegret and Morgan
wouldn’t think they were the same rooms. The shelves
in the Liaison office were well-stocked with hygiene and
clothing items. We left food and the few leftovers in
the pantry, packed up, and headed out.
And
then I got lost again – in the parking garage. Mmm
hmmmm…I couldn’t find my car, thought ok –
I’ll just hit the panic button, and lo and behold…a
car – ON ANOTHER LEVEL - started honking, I thought,
“oh NOOO, what did I dooooo???? Where the heck IS
it???” Up and down the elevator three times - never
did find it and it turned out it wasn’t mine after
all. My car was right where I left it. I give up.
Thank
you to everyone who made today happen. You all are the
best!
Just
a note – we Moms are in the process of looking very
hard at what we have been doing for the past year and
may be making some changes. Our mission is to serve the
OIF/OEF wounded and their families and we want to stick
to that mission.
Also,
you may wonder “why don’t I see pictures of
the families or the wounded on this site?
Or find links to articles about them?” The reason
is this – when Janelle and I began doing the luncheons,
we decided the OIF/OEF recovering vets and their families
deserve their privacy.
There
are links for your surfing pleasure under the picture.
Until
next time,
And
then there’s more…
The following links will take you outside
our website. These are sites I read at occasionally.
http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1389
VA Previews Texas Site for “Polytrauma”
Health Care
There is a lot going on out there for our returning wounded
and recovering troops. This is about what is in the works
for those with multiple injuries. There are also links
here to other Veterans Administration website pages.
http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm
DEFEND OUR MARINES
Dedicated to justice for America's accused defenders.
Extensive information here about the Haditha
Marines, the Pendleton 8, and others accused before their
trial by politicians and the left-wing liberal media.
Read about it here yourself… the mainstream media
is NOT telling the whole story.
http://4mermarine.com/USMC/dictionary.html#T
An U N A B R I D G E D
Unofficial Dictionary for Marines
Don’t know what your Marine is talking about? Check
this site out. Note: this says
“unabridged” – if your eyes and ears
are delicate, don’t go here.
