It does matter.......

Sydney is part of a select softball team and she just loves it.  This year her team participated in a tournament at Halloween time where each team dresses up and decorates their dugouts.  The girls have so much fun with it and this year was no different….just a little more special.

This year, the girls decided that they wanted to show their support to all the soldiers around the world serving our great country.  What made it extra special is that the team played “for” Major’s unit.

Each girl played “for” a soldier in the unit.  So, when they decorated their costume, they not only had their last name on it, they put a soldier’s name on it.  Sydney’s jersey said “Earleywine FOR Earleywine.”  She was very very proud to play for her daddy.

They also adopted the unit’s slogan….”Soldiers of the corn,” and went with the soldier theme.  The girls looked adorable in their little soldier uniforms.

The girls played a great tournament but more importantly they had a ton of fun that weekend.

Each girl took it one step further and wrote a letter to “their” soldier and sent the letter along with a team photo.  Major reported back that the unit was really happy about it and it lifted spirits for them.  One of the soldiers forwarded the picture to his wife….and her response was forwarded to me…..it read:

“Thanks for the picture, and for making me cry this morning at work. 

That was a very cool thing for the girls to do!" 

Not only was the weekend fun, but I think of the impact the girls had and didn’t even realize how they were paying it forward.  They made a military wife, who was missing her husband, someone they don’t even know and will probably never meet…..they made her smile…….Now that’s worth everything.