I hear that the jambalaya MRE is pretty edible..

Dear Soldiers,

Hello, this is my first go. So here it goes.

I have been a patriot and American loving citizen since I was a tiny girl. My Father served in Korea, I would love to go through the things he brought back. I demanded to sleep on a army cot and somehow, my dream of being a cowgirl would also involve the military.

I am starting this blog because of something I saw on cnn.com, a soldier had posted an article titled 'Have they forgotten we are over here?' The answer is HELL NO.

I was packing up a box to send to some Marines (is Marines capitalized? Do no piss off devil dogs) last night and got this idea. My goals: To amuse, inspire and connect with soldiers serving. I have such gratitude for the work you do and I am fascinated and want to understand the experience of serving.

I am a writer, I work at home, work on a book, raise kids, get tattoos, sleep too much or not enough and read a lot. The novel in progress is called 'Godzilla And Me'. You will be hearing about it and those mountains I am climbing up to put down the words that have defined a bizarre and well lived life, so far.