So, um, I don't normally do things like this... but I wanted to tell a RL story real quick... and then ask a favor. for those who don't really feel like listening, feel free to ignore.
When I came home from my second deployment, my family was lucky enough to get picked as a family to participate in a really cool thing called operation R&R for returning soldiers and their families, out of Hilton Head, SC. W0e had a great time, and really were able to reconnect.
We have since been selected for a contest they held, called "trip of a lifetime"... out of like 600 families that did Operation R&R, we're down to the final three... and we're one of them. I'd like to link you guys the webzine address so you guys can read the essays the three families wrote... and encourage you to follow the second link I'll put up, which will allow you to vote on them. I would also like to say that this operation R&R program is amazing, and encourage you guys to take a look at the actual website (operationrestandrelax.com).
Anyways... here's the link.
http://www.pagegangster.com/p/kOYzh/
The article starts at page 36-37 you can get to it on the bottom toolbar at that page. The voting link is http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/operation_rr_voting/2227/trip-of-a-lifetime-voting.
We're family number 2, the Herschede family. Thanks for the time.
By the way, anyone can vote, so feel free to spam this to your friends, my family would very much appreciate it.
Matthew Herschede
