Monday, December 31, 2012

My 2nd Surprise: Mom's Medal of Honor

 I  knew that I had "3 Surprises for Christmas". The first was the Sailor Boy showing up to pick up his brothers...unannounced to me. 

This was my second, from him and his siblings:


All I could say was- "Oh my goodness!" and "Wow!"...and fight back the moisture that came to my eyes...

Mommas..........your work matters.

 3 John 1:4  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

24 comments:

Della said...

What a thoughtful gift, such sweet words, the necklace ain't half bad either LOL...how blessed you are! Love you Donna!

Donna said...

Thank you Miss Della! My cup runs over today :)

Vals Soaps And More From Home said...

ok, now I am really crying! My mothers heart is swelling with tears! You are bringing up some honorable men Donna! Praise God for women like you! And that goes for their Dad too! Thanks for sharing!

Donna said...

Thank you Val. I'm very proud of them and their choices.

You're doing an amazing job with your soaps these days! WOW! They're beautiful!

Unknown said...

Ma'am I hope you still get messages on this site. My name is Dutch Sievert in 1996 I join the U.S Army and at Fort Benning Georgia the Mall outside of the base called Peachtree Mall I bought my mother this exact necklace she loved it however she was in a relationship where he stole all of her jewelry the only piece that she has cried about on many nights is this necklace and I've never been able to find it. Do you happen to know where your boys got this so that I may repurchase one for my mother

Anonymous said...

www.militaryjewelers.com

Unknown said...

Try Harris Jewelry. But I think they only sell it in Sterling Silver now. I received mine in '09 from my son. Took it in a few years later for them to clean and check setting. They told me then they no longer sold the gold and laughingly asked could they buy it back. I can only imagine your mother's pain. I'd die if I lost mine.

Maxine said...

Anyone know where I can buy this pendant. When my husband was active duty bought it for his mom. And some one stole it as she was moving to her new home

Unknown said...

That’s beautiful my son has been searching for that necklace do you know where we could place an order

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh i can't believe that 3 days ago i received one like this .i was so happy and so proud of my daughter .i really love it thank u bb .i can see how u really love your momy.

Unknown said...

I received one like this when my son was in the Navy. I loved it so much and I wore it everyday. Unfortunately I lost it years later when the loops wore down, unknown to me, and broke, falling off the chain. I have been looking for another one, although it cannot replace the one my son gave me. Ladies, if you have one, please have a jeweler check it periodically for wear and tear.

Barb M said...

Ladies ~ we have had this Harris Mother Medal of Honor donated to our store.It comes with the box and all information. The back of the pendant says ~ To Grandma with love 14k 925 ~ the earrings are included. If interested please contact me & I can provide pictures. I was going to try and sell on ebay. barbara malkus

Anonymous said...

Try Harris Jewelers

Anonymous said...

I would make my Son day to have this necklace again mines was snatched off my neck since then I don't wear jewelry on my neck but that necklace means a lot I to

Anonymous said...

How and where can repurchase it

Anonymous said...

I have been praying and praying šŸ™ and looking for my beautiful Mother’s Medal of Honor and I had exactly the same reaction and tears and completely whole and very very proud that I as my Sailor Twin and my sons (4) but my Sailor paid for the most touching and most treasured gift šŸ’ from my Navy Hospital Corpsman’s Special Love especially since I was the one who kept my awesome sons encouraged and taught them that of the Lord and they will not depart from it and the beautiful beautiful verse that you wrote from God is one I haven’t prayed yet and now I pray that Always and I pray šŸ™ for you also and I had my necklace stolen from a junky and I only have the cherry/Mahogany box with the symbols and I just got through Hurricane Ian alive with my husband who just had 5 bypass open heart surgery and ALL I REALLY WANT IS MY NECKLACE SO MY SON KNOWS I LOVE HIM AND HIS HONORABLE GIFT šŸ’ OF MY MOTHERHOOD AS HIS HONOR ISNT REPLACEABLE BUT I NEED IT FOR BOTH OF US AND IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IT MADE I WOULD BE SOOO MUCH BETTER IN ALL THE LOSS AND PRECIOUS THINGS WE LOSS IN THE US WORST EVER HURRICANE AND OUR DAMAGES ARE APPRAISED AT WHAT WE PAID FOR IN 2018. My necklace was silver or white gold with gold hearts and the Diamond (My Birthstone) in the middle and we’re Irish ☘️ and I was thrilled having that heritage along with the beautiful beautiful meaningful necklace!šŸ˜¢šŸ’šŸ’œ♥️♥️♥️♥️

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Anonymous said...

Do you still have the medal of honor?

Anonymous said...

I'm interested