The box pictured above happens to be a very special one, and it has nothing to do with its contents- it's the very last care package of this deployment! Over the last eleven months, I've made countless trips to the post office to send off packages containing various requests and necessities, as well as letters and gifts. There have been themed boxes for holidays, boxes full of boring things like toiletries, boxes upon boxes of junk food.. you name it, I've sent it.
Some of Jordan's Requests:
- Chili Cheese Fritos
- Amps
- Peanut Butter
- Crackers
- Tuna and Chicken (the vacuum sealed packages)
- 5 Hour Energy Shots
- Easy Mac
- Crystal Light On The Go
- Soft Lips chapstick
Of all those things, the most important to him arrived back on our doorstep unharmed by sand, Jordan or any other element in Afghanistan, about a month ago. A photo album full of all the pictures I've sent him (of us, of me, of family), a folder full of every letter, note or card he's received since deploying (from me, from friends, from family) and the sweetest, smallest, most sentimental thing I've ever seen:
The day he left home from his pre-deployment leave, he took one of my hair pins and put it in his pocket. In all the emotion of the day, I hardly noticed. But there it was, in the midst of all of his most treasured items. The tiniest, most personal belonging my soldier carried around for all those months, unharmed. Amazing.
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Awww for cute! :)
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