"What do you write about?"
Here are a few ideas for you!
Write about your own daily life, (it may be routine to you, but it is new to the soldier you are writing to!)
Keep it positive and up beat, (not the negative dramas of your life! )
Did something fun happen ? Are you planning an outing? Share it! Do you love sports? Tell them about the AWESOME play you saw last night on tv!
Find Cartoons that are GP and funny! Add them to your cards and letters! Clip them from the papers, and pop them into a card!
Did you see a great movie recently? Talk about it! (and maybe send a dvd to the soldier, while you are at it, if the soldier can play it where he/she is deployed.)
Go for a walk downtown, in the woods, out in the garden, anywhere in your COLORFUL environment, and take photos , print them on cardstock , and send them along ... and write about them!
If something silly or embarrassing (not rude, or adult) happens to you, and it is really quite funny... write about it!
Send crossword puzzles, or word search pages.
Send drawings and coloring book pages that your kids have made! Don't have kids? Do some yourself, or ask your friends kids to help!
The most important thing, is to write! The soldiers look forward to hearing their name for mail call... and a colorful card, or drawing can light up the dreary environment they are in. Just a smiley face sticker can be the most important part of the whole letter!
LISTEN to the words of the soldiers that write back to you... learn to "hear" what they are saying.
My first soldier said he 'has a good sense of humor'... and about the third email in, I was telling him things I didn't tell my kids at his age! LOL! Of course, now that I am nearly 60, I can get away with all sorts of silly writings! :O)
HAVE FUN with the writing !!! The soldiers can 'hear' your smiles, too!
