My heart breaks for all of the sadness in the world.  It’s especially hard when it hits closer to home, even when the sadness comes upon friends of friends, not people I know personally.

I think the blogosphere shared a collective gasp when we heard about Anissa‘s stroke earlier this week.  Shortly afterwards, I heard from my blogging friend SusieJ who let me know that her dear, sweet friend Stefanie had lost her long battle with cancer.

These women have children and husbands and family and friends who need prayers.  Pray for them, will you?

With so much sadness, I needed to do something positive for someone else.  As many of you know, I was a military brat and my husband served in the military during the early years of our marriage.  There are so many men and women who are serving our country overseas these days.  Can you take a minute to join me in thanking them for their sacrifice?  For their time away from their families?  For their willingness to serve our country, possibly with their very lives?  Xerox is sponsoring this website–you can choose a thank-you card which they will print and send to a soldier.  It’s free to you and could make a world of difference to a lonely soldier during his or her deployment.  Consider doing this, too, will you?