Re: Talk about a really and truly classy lady

Bravo, Mrs. "V"

On Jun 1, 10:43 am, dick thompson <rhomp2...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>   Positivity: Letters From Home
>   <http://www.bizzyblog.com/2010/06/01/positivity-letters-from-home/>
>
> Filed under: Positivity <http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/positivity/>,
> US & Allied Military <http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/us-military/>
> --- TBlumer @ 5:57 am
>
> From Ridgefield, Connecticut
> <http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/16/letters-from-home/> (HT
> Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters
> <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/05/30/memorial-day-sp...>):
>
>     Doris Ventres is considered a real American Hero by many people in
>     her hometown of Ridgefield Connecticut, and it's easy to see why.
>
>     "Mrs. V" as shes known, has been hand writing letters to U.S.
>     soldiers from Ridgefield serving overseas for 42 years. This 82-year
>     old 8th generation Ridgefielder was inspired to start her letter
>     writing campaign one day while walking out of her local church. She
>     explains, "I saw this nice plaque, a beautiful bronze plaque, in
>     memory of two of the boys that had been killed at war. In fact, I
>     went to school with one of them -- and I thought -- you know, why
>     can't we do something about it before they are gone?"
>
>     That's when she got the idea to send hand written notes, detailing
>     all the "goings on" at home, so that the troops from Ridgefield
>     would feel included in the town's activities. Church plays, the
>     changing of the colors of trees, even what the local fishermen were
>     catching, no one has missed a thing thanks to Mrs. V.
>
>     Doris knows first hand just how much a letter from home can mean to
>     someone serving overseas. Her husband George was in the Navy, as
>     well as her father-in-law. Doris and George have been married for 62
>     years, and still live in the home that they built with their own
>     hands. (George says Doris was even up on the roof pounding nails
>     with a hammer and did a great job!) They have two sons, Tad and
>     Dale, and have two grandchildren.
>
>     The couple that met at a square dance, and went fishing on their
>     second date, have a lifelong commitment to their family and
>     community that has given back to them many times over. Earlier this
>     year, one veteran who spent two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S.
>     Air Force organized a special surprise event for Mrs. V to honor her
>     hard work. One retired Army major who remembers a letter Doris wrote
>     him while serving in Kuwait in 1991 told the crowd "The letters we
>     got from her were a lifeline back to the world we came from.. They
>     were like a cool drink of water."
>
>     Many troops are so happy to hear from her, they not only write her
>     back from the field, but stay in touch with her after they are
>     discharged.
>
>     Troops write her back It's something that keeps her smiling from ear
>     to ear. Doris has an entire room in her house dedicated to her
>     letter writing, and keeps every memento, letter, and flag she has
>     received over the years. She calls it her "Memory Room." ...

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