Dear Editor:

As we are all sitting around the Christmas tree this holiday, and enjoying our family and friends, please keep in mind all of those men and women in the United States Military who are serving us. Remember they are not able to see the look on their son or daughter's face as they open up that perfect gift. They are not able to hand their mom that necklace that they hunted for. But most of all they are away from their families this holiday season. They cannot be there to carve the Christmas turkey or able to watch their kids fight over the drumstick. They make it possible that we here in the United States can sit in our homes safe and secure knowing that there is someone out there protecting us.

Also remember their families who are spending this Christmas season without them, and those families whose loved ones have paid the ultimate sacrifice ensuring our freedom.

So as you all sit around your Christmas meal and look into your child's face and see the joy that they have received from that perfect gift, as you see your mother holding the necklace that you picked out for her, please remember to wish for the safety of those who are ensuring our greatest gift of all, Freedom.

Donna Chapman

Chapter President

Operation Homefront-Maine