An Expression Of My Thankful Heart

Writing to me is one way to say thank you. Many people deserve my thanks and appreciation but no one more than my loyal and faithful daughter. If life offered me any gifts, she was the first in this life.

At the age of 17, she entered the service becoming a US Marine. During Basic Training, she got word that I was in trouble, unable to pay my mortgage.

My intrepid child went to her CO, asked for the money they set aside for the recruits, her meager salary, to send to her mother. I received a...