Kind regards
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Good afternoon Ruth,
Thanks so much for the awesome Power laundry bag, and the FruChocs, always great to have a taste of home to brighten my deployment.
This is my third year away from South Australia so you can’t imagine how happy I was to have the FruChocs along with the bag, what a treat.
And thanks for the letter too, glad to hear from a fellow Port supporter, too bad about the season, but I guess it went well for us.
I hope this email finds you well, have a great day, and keep up the wonderful work.
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Dear Toni,
I have just received my wonderful linen bag and am writing to express my appreciation. I cannot thank you enough for the wonderful time and effort that you have put in to making me my one of a kind bag. It makes it so much easier being able to find your washing from the numerous machines when you have something colourful and unique instead of the plain coloured ones we are issued at training.
My favourite is the strip with the soldiers and the poppies. It was exactly what I was hoping for, especially as we are lucky enough to be spending Anzac Day deployed. It really makes you stop and appreciate everyone who has walked the path before us and contributed to our freedom and way of life, by sacrificing theirs. I was also very happy to see that even though our lives have been impacted by Coronavirus Australia was still able to stop and pay respects to the soldiers before us, even if just by standing at the end of their driveways. Its times like these that really make you stop and appreciate the little things in life, as we should.
You sound like you lead a very busy and fulfilling life. I admire your care work, as I do not think that I would have the capacity to do that type of work. However I have always been greatly interested in working as a midwife, as I do not think that you could find a more rewarding occupation than helping people bringing the joy and love of a child into the world. Whilst I am still young enough to maybe go back and study and change my career path, I think that I will spend the remainder of my working life in the Defence Force.
I hope that you have more luck this year with your veggie garden. My parents used to have an amazing garden and chooks and sheep etc when they lived in Tasmania. I look forward to reaching retirement and settling down and starting my own little veggie patch and owning chickens etc. However with our moving and postings etc it is too hard to do that at this stage.
I have three children, who are all now grown up and left home. My oldest son is 26 and lives in NT with his family and is a Diesel mechanic working on the machinery at mines etc. He was living in Darwin where we are based currently until the start of this year so I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time with my grandson up until then. My next oldest is 21 and lives in a small town in Central QLD , but is wanting to come home as he is realising that life is a lot easier with Mum and Dad! My youngest is my daughter who is 20 and currently lives in FNQ as she is studying Biomedicine at Uni. Fingers crossed she comes up with the vaccine to the Virus!!! My husband is also in the Army, so we are used to spending great lengths of time apart. It was tough on the children growing up, however they have all grown up to be polite and hard working adults which is what my aim was.
I hope that you and your family have a safe and prosperous 2020 and once again, a huge big thank you for all your hard work and dedication to making our lives over here, a little bit more homely and comforting.
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Hello Ann,
I am currently serving within the Middle East.
The other day, I was lucky enough to be given a laundry bag that was hand made by yourself.
It truly means a lot to receive something personal made by someone in Australia, as it is pure kindness.
The laundry bag is something that I can continue to use for the remainder of my career and will be a reminder of your generosity.
I hope both you and loved ones are remaining in good health back home, we are all thinking of everyone in Australia.
Again, thank you for taking the time to make this lovely laundry bag that I have received.
Regards,
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Dear Toni,
Thank you very much for the laundry bag you have created and sent to me.
I was really looking forward to see what design took shape with my winter and snow
boarding theme, I am very happy with the end result. I love the snowboarder design
you choose and the simplicity of the mountains and snow keeps everything nice and
clear to see which is exactly how I like it. The fabric you choose for the world map is great.
I wanted that to remind me of the places I have been to in my travels so far.. I have
started to use it already here in the MER. I am looking forward to showing it off when
I am next on holidays on my next snowboarding trip. I am sure I will get a few
comments !!!!
A little about me this is my first deployment. I have been i n the RAAF for several years now and it has been a great experience.. Being deployed has
been the highlight of my career and a great honour. Some other places I have been lucky
to go to have been Alaska and Alice Springs.
I enjoyed reading the letter you typed and also thank you for the snacks you
included in the parcel. The post it notes have come in handy as well. I admire
your ability to work in aged care, my grandparents were in a Nursing Home and
when I visited them I could see the hard work that the nursing staff do.
I hope you stay safe in the Covid-19 Pandemic world we live in at the moment. I can image
Australia at the moment is a very different place to when I left it. Hopefully every thing
settles down soon and the world can go back to being “normal” again.
Once again thank you very much for taking the time to sew my laundry bag, also
please pass on my thanks to Jan-Maree for organizing Aussie Hero quilts.
Regards
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Told you they were crackin!
Till next week, take care 🙂
Kylie.
Lovely.