Oh, that is so wonderful! I'm surprised the glass didn't break. Congratulations, I know it'll have a prominent place on your wall. You must mean a lot to them! Keep up the good work. :)

I'm from Houston, been here all of my life. But, during the school year, I'm up Huntsville, Tx. I travel a lot to New Mexico and Colorado... One of my contacts is from a small town in Utah, another is actually from just outside Huntsville, Tx, and few from Houston. I don't know about the others yet. :)

I usually write one letter per contact/address. They pass it around. I recently sent out a letter, and have gotten 5 email responses from it. Now, I will write differing letters to each of them. And those, too, will be passed around. Though, I have no idea how others do it.

Marty, you are so wonderful. Thank you so much for creating this amazing site and your hard work in trying to improve it for us all. The email option sounds wonderful, and I look forward to it. Thank you!

I usually tell them my name, that I am a 20 year old student at Sam Houston State University and what my majors are and why I chose them. I tell that I am a huge baseball fan, and sometimes ramble on about my favorite teams. I then tell them that it's an honor writing to them and thank them for all of their sacrifice. I always send pictures ...

I am a poor college student and can't afford to send packages and stuff. I can only do letters, so I choose the guys who list letters in their entry, and then be sure to tell them that I can't send them anything at the moment (maybe someday) but that I can keep the letters coming.

I usually tell him them my name, that I'm a student at SHSU in Huntsville, tx and what my majors are, that I'm actually from Houston and live there during the summer. I talk a little about being a huge baseball fan, following the Astros. I don't say too much about baseball, because I don't know if they like it and don't want ...

I have another question to ask, but didn't want to start another new thread. Hopefully one of ya'll will read this and give me some more help..... One of my contacts is asking for a cd with all my favorite songs. I know we aren't allowed to send homemade things, does this include burned cds? Thanks for your help.

I might be wrong, but I believe that postage is free for the soldiers. At least for mine, whose in Kuwait.

These are prepackaged (sealed in plastic and wrapped in cardboard), and it sounds like they'll work. Thanks guys. :)