Brenda, Thank you for working so hard for us!!! Keep up the great work!! Becky

Thank you Becky, but I havn't seen it yet!! If I do not respond to you, please resend it...

Hi everyone.. Please allow me to introduce myself to you and tell you a bit about what I am doing. My name is Brenda Goldschmidt and I am an events specialist and surgeon liaison. I work for myself but have been recruited by Monica Ganz of OH to put together an event in Lexington, Ky for WLS patients. I am soooo excited about that. I met a couple of ladies on line the other day and have communicated alot with one particular one named Sandy, she has been great helping me find these boards. (which by the way are very difficult to find, I hope I can have some influence in changing that, prehaps they can make one board for all military..how would you feel about that?) I have a special place in my heart for all of you out there...I have alot of military in my family past and present...My father is a veteran, my husband is a veteran..my brother just retired in November after 30 yrs in the Airforce..my son is a jet pilot for the Coast Guard and my daughter is about to marry a man who is Iraq now..he will come home for two weeks this summer, long enough for them to marry then back to Iraq.. with all this being said let me get to the point..I would love to see you get together if at all possible and I know that's a big IF with so many in other countries, but perhaps this is something we can start...OH has events all over the country. What I would like to do is give special recognition for military..If you could join me in Lexington this summer, first let me say this would be a true honor for me..but I feel it would be a great start for future events. I have gone to Monica Ganz the events manager for OH and asked if I can offer you a special discount..She agreed. the cost of the particular event is $105.00....when I asked her to give me a discount for military I almost fell over, she said "of course, lets do it for $40.00 per person"...wow..that's awesome..i am excited about that and hope you are too... If you can join us in Lexington, Ky. please email me personally. [email protected] I will send you the registration form. I will do my best to help you find affordable hotels and a space where you can meet for your own reunion..I realized that many of you move around so it's hard to have support. I hope you have found it here on OH..and I hope I can be there to help make that connection stronger!! So many have no idea that the dependants left behind are also serving our country... Thank you...I hope we meet in October in Lexington!! Brenda

Hi Amy, this will be my first deployment since WLS but my second deployment all together. The 1st one I was in Germany and pregnant and also had my oldest son with me, he was only 17 months old...uggg. It was ruff. He was deployed that time for 15 months(at that time it was the longest deployment there had been) and the orders this time say 18 months so who knows how long. Good luck and the best advice I can give is to find something that will interest you and keep you busy. Ashe

Annie, Thank you!! Becky