Happy Tuesday Friends!
Dear Heather B,I wanted to pass on my gratitude for the quilt I received at my farewell from the Australian Army recently.
After 34 years service, one comes to regard what we do as ‘normal’ and think nothing of it. I’ve enjoyed a long and unusual run in the Army. I have been fortunate to have met great people and been exposed to a plethora of positive experiences. Not everyone gets to do the things I’ve done or go to the places I’ve been. Whether the experience was good or not so good; it’s all been for the best and I regret not one moment. I wouldn’t change a thing. I’d do it all again.
It is not lost on me how many, such as your uncles, can carry a heavy burden from their time in the service of Australia. I am comforted knowing there remains a great many Australians such as you and the team at Aussie Hero Quilts who understand this and stand ready to provide simple, meaningful and very valued recognition of their service. Long may it be so.I was delighted to read your letter and learn of your planned trip on ‘The Ghan’. My wife (who sneakily coordinated the preparation of the quilt without my knowledge) and I were fortunate enough to complete the journey in November last year. I can commend it to you. We had a wonderful time, travelled through some great country I grew up in as a kid and met a lot of great people, including the parents of a young, newly minted Army Officer. I considered it a real privilege to fill in the gaps for them about what it was their daughter does as a young Engineer Officer in Darwin. I hope you and your husband enjoy the trip and find it as fulfilling as we did.And if I could say a special thank you to you and your son-in-law for the Red Bull Racing Block. It was fascinating to read how you went about obtaining it. I am genuinely impressed. The reach of your ‘network’ is as impressive as that of any terrorist group we chased around Afghanistan!Please find a photo attached of me (on the left) being presented with the quilt at my farewell in the Officers’ Mess at the Royal Military College – Duntroon. A proud moment!Thank you again and all the very best in your endeavours and the trip!Yours sincerely,
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Hi Clarissa L,I just wanted to reach out and thank you for the gift. We genuinely appreciated the work that has gone into making the laundry bags, they are amazing and will 100% be travelling around Australia on our postie bikes.
Note from Editor – Laundry bags were made for 3 mates and veterans on a mission to ride 15,000 kms around Australia in October on postie bikes to raise awareness for veteran’s mental health. If interested you can find them on Facebook and Instagram (search The Last Post)
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Hi Bridget R,
I just wanted to say a big thank you for the Laundry Bag – it arrived safely as I was given it today, and I absolutely love it! This is my first ever laundry bag and I couldn’t be happier. It’s such a meaningful and thoughtful gift thank you for putting the effort in to make it.
A little about me – I am 25 years old and have been in the Navy for about seven years currently serving as a Communications Sailor. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of serving on HMAS Brisbane, Sydney, and now Warramunga. I’m also happily married – we’ve been married for two years, and she’s been my biggest supporter throughout my career. We have two cats Loki and Luna and they are amazing but hopefully next year we will have a son or daughter where we are planning to spend a fair bit of time in Melbourne.
Thank you again for your generosity and for the time and effort you put into making something so special. It truly means a lot to us serving members and all the other people who received one love them as well.
Warm Regards,
Dear Clarissa L,
My outstanding engineer laundry bag was just delivered in time for me to christen it on Exercise Talisman Sabre 25!
This is a project that a friend (and Jan-Maree – thank you too Mate!) hatched while we were freezing our backsides off in Marrangaroo earlier in the year. I was using a plastic bag for my laundry there!
I am very grateful for the work you did to produce this very special and practical item – something that will be used and appreciated often.
I am also continually impressed by the work that Jan-Maree and teams of people like you do for so many Defence personnel, we really are humbled and proud that you do what you do for us so kindly.
A big thank you to your Grand Daughter for helping you with the material selection and cord threading, and also to your Son for his service in RASigs.
I trust that you continue to enjoy doing this great work well into the future and that you and your entire Family stay safe and strong too.
Enjoy the gardening, be careful skiing and Go the Wallabies!
With gratitude and admiration for all you do
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Good Afternoon Bridget R,
Thank you so very much for the quilt. I just received my quilt today and I found out it was done some time ago. Apologies for the late reply it has spent quite some time traveling from place to place to reach me.
I too have two children, alas they also live at home with my wife and I. My daughter who is six and my son who is three. Despite my constant prodding they have yet to get a job much to my wife’s disgust in my antics.
Please excuse my humour, I wish you all the best with your next Aussie Hero Quilt. Thank you once again it is much appreciated.
Yours Aye
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Until next week keep your letters, emails and photos coming in. Tuesdays would be so totally boring without them!
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