God bless that wonderful woman who had the wisdom not to destroy the old copies of Leatherneck ~ and bless her, too, for the caring heart which responded to you in such a loving and giving manner.
I am married to a Marine and have had dealings with many Marines and I can tell you, from what I know of them, Marines have hearts of gold!
This past Christmas was my first without my mother ~ she had passed away a few months earlier ~ and the prospect of a Christmas without her really seemed unbearable to me. About a week before Christmas a small envelop arrived at my home and within it was a blessing I sorely needed. I share this blessing with you in hopes that it might bring you and the rest of this fine Marines family a measure of the peace it brought to me last Christmas:
Merry Christmas, Littlejon