- TAMPONS TO THE RESCUE IN IRAQ -
please read the entire story as you'll see how god works in mysterious ways - this' a true story, so keep that in mind, while reading
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my son told me how wonderful the care packages we'd sent them from the ladies auxiliary were & wanted me to tell everyone thank you - he said that one guy we'll call marine X, got a female care package & everyone was giving him a hard time - my son said, "marine X got some really nice smelling lotion & everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him." - i told my son i was really sorry about the mistake & if he wanted i'd send marine X another package - he told me not to worry about marine X because every time i send something to him, he shares it with marine X - he said when my husband & i sent the last care package, marine X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it & said, "what'd we get this time?", but my son said they had the most fun with marine X's package - he said he wasn't sure who it was supposed to go to, but the panties were size 20 & he said one of the guys got on top of the humvee & jumped off with the panties over his head & yelled, "look at me, i'm an airborne ranger!" - one of the guys attached the panties to an antenna & it blew in the wind like a windsock - he said it entertained them for quite awhile - then of course, they'd those tampons - when he brought this up, my imagination just went running, but he continued - my son said they'd to go on a mission & marine X wanted the chapstick & lotion for the trip - he grabbed a bunch of the items from his care package & got in the humvee - as luck would have it he grabbed the tampons too & my son said everyone was teasing him about 'not forgetting his feminine hygiene products' - he said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed & a Marine was shot - he said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep he said they were administering first aid, but couldn't get the bleeding to slow down & someone said, "hey, use marine X's tampons!" - my son said they put the tampon in the wound - at this point my son profoundly told me, "mom, did you know that tampons expand?" [well....yeah!] - they successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical attention - when they went to check on him later, the surgeon told them, "you guys saved his life - if you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would've bled to death" - my son said, "mom, the tampons sent by the marine moms by mistake saved a marine's life" - at this point I asked him, "well, what did you do with the rest of the tampons?" - he said, "oh, we divided them up & we all have them in our flak jackets & i kept two for our first aid kit - i'm absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our marines
my son told me how wonderful the care packages we'd sent them from the ladies auxiliary were & wanted me to tell everyone thank you - he said that one guy we'll call marine X, got a female care package & everyone was giving him a hard time - my son said, "marine X got some really nice smelling lotion & everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him." - i told my son i was really sorry about the mistake & if he wanted i'd send marine X another package - he told me not to worry about marine X because every time i send something to him, he shares it with marine X - he said when my husband & i sent the last care package, marine X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it & said, "what'd we get this time?", but my son said they had the most fun with marine X's package - he said he wasn't sure who it was supposed to go to, but the panties were size 20 & he said one of the guys got on top of the humvee & jumped off with the panties over his head & yelled, "look at me, i'm an airborne ranger!" - one of the guys attached the panties to an antenna & it blew in the wind like a windsock - he said it entertained them for quite awhile - then of course, they'd those tampons - when he brought this up, my imagination just went running, but he continued - my son said they'd to go on a mission & marine X wanted the chapstick & lotion for the trip - he grabbed a bunch of the items from his care package & got in the humvee - as luck would have it he grabbed the tampons too & my son said everyone was teasing him about 'not forgetting his feminine hygiene products' - he said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed & a Marine was shot - he said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep he said they were administering first aid, but couldn't get the bleeding to slow down & someone said, "hey, use marine X's tampons!" - my son said they put the tampon in the wound - at this point my son profoundly told me, "mom, did you know that tampons expand?" [well....yeah!] - they successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical attention - when they went to check on him later, the surgeon told them, "you guys saved his life - if you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would've bled to death" - my son said, "mom, the tampons sent by the marine moms by mistake saved a marine's life" - at this point I asked him, "well, what did you do with the rest of the tampons?" - he said, "oh, we divided them up & we all have them in our flak jackets & i kept two for our first aid kit - i'm absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our marines
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i can't believe that something that started out as a mistake then turned into a joke, ended up saving someone's life - my sister said she doesn't believe in mistakes - she believes god had a plan all along - she believes that 'female care package' was sent to marine X to save our marine - ether way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many marines, provided much needed items for our troops & saved the life of a marine! - god bless every one of you for your efforts & hard work & god bless our marines, army, navy, air force & all our military service personnel - GOD BLESS AMERICA & KEEP IT SAFE!
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