Today is Armed Forces Day – taken from DefenseLINK… President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed

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I got an email from someone involved with Operation America Rising – it’s a huge endeavor they’re taking on to show America’s support of our troops and they can’t do it without the help of everyone. What makes the news these days are the anti-war protestors and the naysayers of what our military is doing

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The Fox series ran this week. As I have mentioned before, the local Fox affiliate here in Nashville is covering our family’s story, showing what it’s like for a military family during deployment. They started following us in early December, before Cliff left, and they are doing updates every couple of months and will do

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I had to share this… Caleb and I had the privilege of speaking to the 6th graders at our church this week – once on Wednesday night and then again this morning during Sunday school. I talked to them about what it was like to be in Iraq, showed them lots of pictures, and also

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The anchor for Fox17, the local Fox affiliate here in Nashville, let me know that they will be airing the next part of our family’s story next week, May 7-9. The news station has been following us and sharing with their viewers what it’s like for a military family during deployment. The first part aired

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I’m helping get the word out about a huge three-day Memorial Day weekend event happening in Atlanta at the end of this month. My good friend Carol McGlothlin and her co-author, Brenda Pace, who wrote the book Medals Above My Heart, are among the speakers for this celebration. I also used to work for LifeWay,

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