Please don’t ask how many I can eat in a single sitting.

If our roles were reversed, those packets of microwave-ready macaroni and cheese would be exactly what I would miss and want more of. Squirt (everyone I’m related to or knows me through family calls me that.) I’ll answer the questions I asked you last week so you can get to know me a little. I hope you’re doing well and that you received my e-mail and/or letter. I promise I’ll write every week anyway.ĭear Aaron, It’s your new Help a Soldier pairing, Ruby from Houston.

I look forward to hearing from you, but if you’re busy, that’s okay, too. If I could send you one thing from home, what would it be? How many months do you have left in your deployment? Since we’re in this for the long haul, I’ll ask you a few questions so we can start getting to know each other. I’m sure you’re busy, so I won’t bore you too much now. I’m not even close to being rich, but hopefully every once in a while, I can send you a care package. You can let me know which you would rather get. Since I’m not sure if you prefer e-mails or getting letters, I’ll do both in the meantime. Please don’t feel obligated to tell me where you are unless you want to. All I know is that you’re a staff sergeant. After we get the hang of this, I’ll try not to send you the same message that I also e-mail because that would get boring.) According to the foundation’s guidelines, I’m supposed to reach out to you once a week while you are deployed… wherever it is you’re deployed. (It’ll probably be a month or so from now before you start getting mail from me, so this might get a bit awkward. I’m not sure if you’ve participated with Help a Soldier in the past or if this is your first time, but if you aren’t familiar with the fine print of the program, I’ll break you in so that you aren’t wondering why this person named Ruby from Houston, Texas is e-mailing and sending you letters. Dear Aaron, My name is Ruby Santos, and I’m your new pairing through the Help a Soldier Foundation.

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