Veteran's Day

Thank you to ALL who've put on a uniform to serve out country!!

I've shared this photo before - of my dad.  Along with all 5 of his brothers, my dad served in the military.  I've been doing some research on his unit, but have a lot of gaps to fill in.  I do know he was only 19 years old when he jumped from an airplane behind enemy lines into Germany late in World War II.  I've always had a hard time picturing my quiet father as a paratrooper.  He rarely talked about anything related to the war.

My living room floor has been the ideal spot to organize all of this week's Quilt of Valor quilts and paperwork. Labels and paperwork are all ready to go.

At 9:00 this morning, two of us will be at a high school to award a Quilt of Valor during their annual Veteran's Day program.  I think doing this at a school sponsored program will have a great impact on the kids attending.  And the wife of this veteran was one of my students over 20 years ago at this same high school, so it will be special for me.

When we finish at the high school we'll drive the 20 miles back to Mitchell to award 3 more quilts at the community Veteran's Day luncheon here.  We've been happy to be a part of the program here for 6 years.  Usually we have about 5 ladies there to help with the award.

One other QOV will be awarded at another high school that morning.  Two more at a college football game on Saturday.  And 3 more on Sunday afternoon at a small town Veteran's community luncheon.  And there are 2 more that we're close to finalizing award dates and places.

Then our group will need to focus on getting more of our QOV tops quilted and bound so we're ready for additional nominees in the near future.