To whomever reads this,
It is a great service that you are doing for me and this country. I'm not very good at writing letters...so here's a poem.
Off to war you go, not really knowing what will come ahead.
Gambling your lives and knowing you could come home dead.
Leaving a war behind, the battle of your lives, family and friends.
Being social, fitting in and maybe even following all the trends.
Now wearing matching clothes, representing respect and more.
Children looking to you, you men and women are who they adore.
Punched out like coins, all shiny and new...full of something.
This something is value, and it's worth more than a gold ring.
Of course, unless that gold ring is for your forever loved spouse.
Loud like a lion, you'll roar. Swift and quick like a little mouse.
But nothing is little about a soldier, the people we look up to.
For courage, strength, knowledge. Because you're really coo' (cool).
Most of all, you bring us hope. Hope for change in all man-kind.
I hope you make changes, and happiness I pray you will find.
Sincerely (a strange 18-year old girl),
Emily Long
I'll soon, through collaboration of my school, be showing this oppurtunity to the students in Fowler. I want this to go from Preschool all the way through the senior class. I also want to get a hold of the Fowler Tribune to hopefully have more people write the soldiers letters. If you want to write them a letter go to one of these links.
BEGIN SOMETHING NEW TODAY.
