FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28th.

CPT Patti has been on deployment for 201 days.

She called about 10:00 pm our time on Thanksgiving night (early Friday Baghdad time).

She had a full and meaningful Thanksgiving day.

Her company had been tasked to provide two soldiers to go to the Airport to have Thanksgiving day lunch with "a senior Iraqi delegation". Of course, that turned out to be President Bush. CPT Patti said all her troops were pretty stoked to have the President come visit, even if he couldn't make it to her camp.

She said morale went through the roof.

We passed the telephone around when she called. She got to speak with brothers and sisters in law, nieces and nephews. She got to hear a whole lot of love poured in her direction.

God bless you, Darlin'. We miss you.