The following is from Sherri at Matter of Fact blog:
This is a photo of my youngest son's friend Tyson Serles. A private first class serving our country in the US Army.
I remember the night of the Senior Awards, My son Jon and Tyson shared an award for their achievements in Art. Tyson was also honored when he and a few other boys from Jon's class, received large bonus checks from the different branches of service as they signed on to protect their country. When he and the others walked on the stage to receive their awards, I said a little prayer for them, for their protection and wisdom and guidance for whatever would lay ahead of them.
I watched Tyson accept his check with that contagious mile long grin of his, and he practically skipped back to his seat and he was applauded by those in attendance.
Last week we received news that Tyson had been critically injured in a roadside bombing in Afghanastan. Sadly, the entire group of soldiers he was traveling with, except for his Sargent, were either killed or critically injured. Tyson bravely tried to pull his fellow soldiers from the wreckage and witnessed one friend take his last breath.
Tyson is 19 years old, and has already lost an entire group of buddies. One soldier who passed away asked Tyson to start the prayer chain before he passed on.
What a load for a young man to carry. He is without family , in a foreign land (Iraq) , with no familiar faces to be by his bedside while he recovers and grieves for his friends and fellow soldiers. What if this were your son, or brother or friend?
According to Tyson's father Tim and Tyson's Grandmother, his condition has now been upgraded to stable and they expect his release from the hospital to be in a couple of weeks.
The family would love for cards or letters to be sent to Tyson to encourage him as he recovers.
What a small task for us...what a large impact it can make on Tyson.
Would you please send something to this precious young man who has already sacrificed more than most of us will ever be asked to give. He bravely moved out of his comfort zone on behalf of others. Let's do it for him.
It will take 5 minutes for you to fill out a card, and a very small amount of money to mail it.
Please do this small gesture. I'm counting on you. I'm hoping he gets a room full of cards and letters from all over the world!
Feel free to re-post this, pass it along in an email, put it in a church bulletin, or pass along to any other group that would be willing to take five minutes to help lighten someone's load.
Start your weekend off by doing something for someone else. Whatta' ya' say? Can I count on you?
Mail to:
PFC Serles, Tyson
FOBTF Sparta
HHT, 1-40 CAV (ABN)
FOB HEIRERA
APO AE 09354
Another idea to help spread the word:
Place Tyson's photo and add a link to this post on your sidebar as I have done. Right Click on his photo to "save picture as..." then add as a photo gadget. Then click on the title of this post to copy and paste, then paste html in proper space on the gadget.
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I will be making a card for this Warrior today - won't you please join me??
15 comments:
I'm on it Jeannie! We'll send a card today!
Will add the button - and try to get out today and get a card !
Thanks so much Jeannie! I'm getting so excited watching all the blogs helping to spread the word! it will make his day.
Button added. Added it to the Helping Hands link too.
Thanks for the info. I hope they are flooded with cards, and well wishes.
I hope he gets lots of cards. Just wanted to stop by and say hi, I've been out for a while, but hopefully I'm back...
I am praying for him!! This must be so hard! Thank you for sharing his story! I pray the others in critical condition will pull through and for all the families and friends of all these brave men and women fighting to keep America free. God bless every single one of them!
Hugs,
Bridgett
I sincerelly apologize for my comment and the question it raised and have deleted it.
I wish Tyson the best in the speediest and fullest recovery possible.
I've sent a card but that seems inadequate - What he and his fellows AND their families have sacrificed goes beyond any words of "thank you" - whatever help I can give them - is freely given.
He has made such a sacrifice in his young life already, and witnessing the death of his buddies would be traumatizing. I hope he's able to get back home safely very soon. My prayers will be with him.
My late brother was in the National Guard, my 1 brother-in-law is a MP, the other 2 brother-in-laws are retired Air Force, so I have great respect for all of those in the military.
I certainly will do my best to get the word out on my blog, and I am going to send this brave young man a card with my thoughts and prayers included in it! Thank you for posting it!
I am sad that you had to have some comments deleted. What are people thinking?? :{
I'm on it!
I will definitely be sending a card.
i am so on board. thanks for the info!
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