Celebrating with Red, White and Blue Collection

Ahoy! Celebrate with Red White and Blue!

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Handmade Gifts

"Celebrate the upcoming Memorial Day weekend with Red White Blue...All members of the On Fire for Handmade Guild!"

Special thanks goes to Anne from MadeForMebyOaklie for creating this lovely collection for Memorial Day and including various On Fire for Handmade team members.  Thank you Anne for including my BBQ Apron for men.

More Troops Sent Off This Morning

This morning was a our local send off of the Army National Guard to Afghanistan.  It was cold brisk morning of 37 degrees.  Families and friends lined the streets in  anticipation of seeing the troops waving, cheering and praying for their safety.  In the midst of the lines of people stood our own line of local police officers.  As the buses drove buy our Stillwater finest gave them their salute of appreciation. 

We looked for the faces of the troops but they were hidden in the buses, we could only see an occasional solider standing in the front next to the driver through the clear glass.  It was a memorable moment, as I do have sons who are soliders but they are home safely while others are just now leaving for another tour overseas. 

God bless our troops and protect them from harms way and send them back home safely into  the arms of their loved ones.  Amen!

Support Our Troops

In honor of Memorial Day! I want us to continue to pray for our troops, so many have lost their lives and their loved ones. Our family supports our troops, my father, Jim and father-in-law, Walter were both Navy men. In fact Walter was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked, lucky he was not on his ship when it sank but was on the beach.



My husband and his brother were both army men and they served in the Vietnam War. They survived too. My Son, Jadah, air force,above, and Son-in-law, Chuck, army, below, have both served in Iraq. Chuck was one of the first too be sent home to OK because he was wounded and needed to recover and received a purple heart. Both are living, praise God! But many lives are not. Please pray for the safety of our troops. It's important to remember our freedom and without our soldiers we would not have the freedoms we have in America. God bless our soliders and keep them safe!