Are You Wearing Red Today?

Wanna see some hot ladies?

Wanna see some hot ladies wearing red?

Ok, ok, that sounds like some sort of commercial you only see late at night. I can only imagine the google hits I'm going to get now.

For real though, as always on Friday I'm wearing red today. We're wearing red to support our troops. (The quick recap on that is here.)

It's been just over 2 weeks since my brother-in-law left for Afghanistan. I hear he hasn't showered in quite some time (peee-ooooo).

But he is able to make the occasional phone call and he's doing ok.

I am a worrier and so I can worry and wear red while I pray. Besides sending packages and moto-mail of me, my family, and strangers wearing red to support him, that's about all I can do from here.

I continue to thank you all who have worn red and continue to wear red on Fridays. It is a movement I saw on Facebook and had to participate in and I am so happy to see you sharing the Red Friday love.

Thank you Bari, at Live Laugh Run Breathe, I love you!

And thank you, cutie patootie Brooke over at Smart + Strong = Sexy, for this lovely montage of support!

Hi!!!! (says Brooke!)



Wear red and support the troops, grrrrrr!





Nah, just kidding! About the grrr part. Wear red to support the troops! Oooh rah!



(Isn't she cute?)

(ps. I added the captions.)

If you wear red, email me (christieo at averagemomswearcapes dot com)or twitpic a picture of it to me on Twitter, @christieo! I'll add you to my Red Friday posts and forward your support onto my brother-in-law! Plus my sister who's eagerly awaiting his return gets to see all the support too and I love that.

Have a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend to all the moms out there and thanks for sharing the love!

Red Friday

It's a full week now that my brother-in-law has been in Afghanistan. He says it's rough out there but so far so good. Last week I started Red Fridays on my blog to remember all our servicemen and women fighting. Sometimes it'll be an update or a post, sometimes a photo or maybe just a day my blog turns red for the day.

I just want to thank everyone for the prayers, my sister was really touched by your kind thoughts and comments!

We continue to send him motomail to keep him uplifted and boost his morale, so if you are wearing red or will wear red on a Friday, send me a picture! I will post it here and (if you don't mind) I will post it with the others on a motomail that is an email that gets printed out for him.

I'm wearing red today! That is my official red shirt. When I wear it with khakis I look like a Target team member and people ask me where they can find stuff.

Thank you, Kirsten, for supporting Red Friday!

And thank you Beki for supporting too!!

Are you wearing red today? Send me a photo at christieo at averagemomswearcapes dot com!

Prayers Needed

Today I am wearing a red shirt because it's Red Shirt Friday. I heard about Red Shirt Friday on Facebook and until my brother in law comes home, me and my blog are participating.

It's official.

Last night, my brother-in-law made his way into Afghanistan.

He's right at the front and he wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

He is a Marine.

He is also a husband, a daddy, an uncle, a Godfather, a son, a brother, and a grandson and to add to his titles he recently found out he's going to be a daddy again, too, so come November, right when he's scheduled to come home, he'll be a "father of two."

Right now he's real important to this country but back home he is real important to a lot of people.

So he needs to come home safely. As do all the men and women he's fighting with.

So I am asking today, on Red Friday, this Good Friday, or this weekend if you are at church and celebrating Easter (or even perhaps in the daily rotation?) will you say a prayer for him and his safe return?

And if you can spare two prayers, will you pray for the strength of my sister who will be waiting with her baby girl and little tiny bean on the way for him to come home safely?

She reads this blog and will hear your encouraging thoughts and words. She sure could use them.

I know inside she feels like her cape is crumpled but I can assure you (and her) that it's fastened on quite tightly and perfectly pressed while she's at it. That's just how she rolls. (And by the way, military moms and wives wear bright, beautiful beddazzly capes and I think sometimes they're also made of steel.)

There is not much I can do from here, half a world away from my brother-in-law and three states away from my sister.

But I sure can pray and gather prayers from my friends. So if you can spare one, two, or perhaps, 6 months worth...

Cause even strong people need prayers sometimes.

And if you're waiting for someone too or you just want to show your support for troops, you can wear a red somewhere today, or on a Friday, any Friday too! With me! Target (the red shirt Mecca) is having a sale on fitted red tees for $8 of which I have partaken.

OOH OOH! IDEA! IDEA!

I have an idea! If you perhaps choose to wear red after reading this (which you don't have to of course but think about it), I would love love love it if you would take a quick picture with your phone cam and email it to me or Tweet it or tweet me and I will post it here in future Red Friday posts -- and even in the Moto Mail my brother in law gets every day if you'll let me!)

It's a tough job out there and I hear morale ain't so high, so support back here will hype him and his guys up for sure.

I mean, could you imagine being able to send him a laugh pictures of random people (well not random to me of course!) wearing red supporting him and his team? It'd be so awesome! He'd think I was nuts which he already does! OMG the possibilities are endless! You could wear red and then hold a sign saying, "Hi Christie's brother in law!" or something equally as catchy. Or you could dress up all your little people in red and take a picture! Or even the dog! Or the fish!

OK I'm getting out of control.

Perhaps because we all need a laugh and a prayer at some point.

Anyway. Thanks, friends. Your prayers are so greatly appreciated, you have no idea.