The USO

I do a lot of traveling. As a family, we all do a lot of traveling. It is the nature of the beast when you are married to the military. (or a wife of a man who is!) We don't always feel comfortable using the USO when they are at airports because we feel like there are others who need it more then we do. I have to say, I appreciate them so much and everything they do. It isn't easy to travel with little babes and they fully care for us as though we were their family.

Tonight, we are sitting in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth Airport USO. Our plans for the day have changed quite a bit, and we weren't even supposed to be at this airport today, but we are and I couldn't appreciate it more. We walked through the doors and were handed dinner, homemade banana pudding, Starbucks coffee, movies for the kids, (an awesome new travel toothbrush that I think is super cool) and this list goes on. Oh- and I am using one of their computers to make this post. (No WiFi- but I'm not complaining!!!) We will be here for another half-hour or so, and it's awesome to see all of the men and women that are coming in to get a hot meal and rest. So many are young men who are deploying. (I glanced at the list as I signed us in.) They all make me so proud to be married to a man who sacrifices his life to give back to our country- deployed or not.

I also have to give a little shout-out to the canvas company that I use for my business- Pixel2Canvas. See- they donate a portion of every sale to the charity of your choice and one of the choices is the USO. Guess where I donate.......

Thank you USO's. You keep me a little more sane then I otherwise would be on crazy travel times like these.