Honoring our military... Getting involved in the New Year

Well, this week I have been focusing on areas I want to improve in for the new year... reading through the Bible with daily readings(you can follow along in the sidebar), planning menus with more fruits and vegetables, and now another resolution for this year has to do with our military. A few weeks after starting this blog I decided to post weekly an honor for our troops and veterans. I will continue this, but I want to do more than talk about them or even to do something small at Christmas.

While preparing for Christmas I found a site.. Soldiers' Angels. There they have many ways for people to get involved to support our military. I have been considering which of the many options would make sense for our family at this time. Options include adopting a soldier, sending cards, letters, baked goods, sending items for soldiers to distribute to the kids over in Iraq and Afghanistan, blankets for the wounded, and tons of other options.

My first thought, as usual, was to jump in and do too much. But, then after prayerful consideration I realized that I could not do all the above, not financially nor as a time commitment no matter how worthy the cause. Even so, we chose a commitment the right size for us at this point. I encourage you to read about it or research other ways you can make a difference in supporting our troops or veterans. Or simply get involved in your community or in areas of passion.