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USS George H W Bush
This is just a basic replacement thread for the Bush. It is now deployed. Maryellen and some other HAE crew got to hand deliver the bulk of the pillowcases to the sailors before they left for deployment!!
- Comment by Maryellen yesterday
- This was done by one of The Bush moms, get the tissues out you'll need them.
http://smilebox.com/playBlog/4d6a55334e7a457a4e7a633d0d0a&blogv..- What a great honor that was for them and Heads at Ease. Here is the ship in Spain.
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Permalink Reply by quiltblue on
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Ladies I have reloaded the photos that I have from the Bush thread. I hope it was okay to "borrow them" to my computer. Thank you all for giving me a new purpose! I love making pcs!
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Permalink Reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady on
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Thank you all for adding the notes and photos back in!
Better than okay. A real blessing. Thanks for your help!
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Permalink Reply by Birdie on
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Here is an e-mail I received this morning from another sailor on the Bush.
The subject line was "A thought from a happy recipient of a pillowcase"
Birdie
Good morning to you :) earlier today I had the opportunity to pick out a pillowcase and I very much decided on yours. I thank you very much for that maam. Out here in this floating island it’s the little things that make the difference in a day which seems to be like every other day and for giving me the small change I got I thank you so very much. I read your letter that came with the pillowcase and it really touched me. You thank me for my service and for that I thank you as well because it does mean a lot to lil ol me :) know my head thanks you as well. I am happy to have the opportunity to thank you directly and if you should so desire to continue our correspondence it would be very welcome on my side as well. I may not be the best at conversation but who is these days? :) anyway have a wonderful morning and know you have the sincere thanks of a man floating out in the middle of nowhere
With respect and thanks
AD3 Txxx Pxxxx
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These were posted by the USS BUSH on Facebook! Thought I would share them here too!
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very cool photos quilt! thanks for sharing. I thought I saw Danielle waving at us. haha.
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Subject: a killer pillowcase
I am sorry to bother you but I wanted to send you a thank you for a killer new pillowcase ! I went through the boxes that we received and the one from you was very much my style and I wanted to thank you for it. It’s a nice change in an otherwise repetitious day out here! I promise it will get good use and my weary head thanks you as well
With good cheer and a great new case,
AD3 Txxxx (not form Tucson but Indiana is close enough)
part 2 after I wrote back:
The pillowcase im referring to is a burnt orange color with some very retroish designs on it and the border by where you put the pillow in is stripes of purple and a couple other colors. I think it is a very cool and kind thing that you do as far as the pillow cases go. I know a lot of people don’t show the gratitude that’s warranted but I am more than happy to thank you many times over! as far as my squadron goes we are based out of Norfolk and we have the mh-60s models. I am thankful every day out here because we got mostly brand new birds before we came out here so there isn’t too awfully much that we have to do to upkeep them. as far as the cruise it is truly the embodiment of groundhogs day lol. Every day tho 13+ hours a day long it goes by pretty fast because everyday we are busy all day. Being the helos that we are we are the first to fly in the day and the last to land but all in all it is a very fulfilling job and tho the scenery here isn’t too awfully pretty I wouldn’t change it for anything (the job not the scenery :D) but from one person to another you are appreciated for what you do and the kind thoughts you give to us out here. It does mean a lot even if you never hear it and I mean that…thank you again!
Can you imagine that he thought it would bother me to write! Oh my. I went thru my photos but didn't see what he described. I am posting a photo that it might be-see the orange plaid? what do you tthink?
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these tie dyed and stenciled were made by a Lincoln mom I "met" thru my son while deployed. her son was in my son's shop. the box came to me soaked! the one in the foreground had some extra color on it in the trees. it's hard to see, but actually made it look like a sunset. very pretty.
here are my tie dyed ones
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Love these Sue! Take a photo of the heart up close please? Wish I had time to embroider on each pillowcase!
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I do not have any more of those hearts. a navy mom made them for me in August 2009 and I have hoarded them but used them up for the Bush. They say "navy mom love" though. I have to sew them on.
the yellow hearts are some that granny made for me. the other appliques were given to me. I was trying to jazz up some of those duller tie dyes that I made,.
I do have some cool camo hearts that Lyn made me.
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