Dear Oprah,

After watching your show on Friday, which is really the show that aired on Thursday but we get it here in Germany at 8am the following morning, I find myself a little perplexed. The show that I am speaking about is the show where you (Oprah) had an "AH HA" moment and realized the sacrifice that our service members make on a daily basis.

I work out at this time in the morning and usually enjoy your show and all of the mental stimulation it brings while I am sweating away. This week alone I watched shows from Australia, a show about how far the gay movement has come and your (Oprah) contribution to this movement, and a show on happiness with Goldie Hawn teaching us her life lessons regarding the subject. You may be sensing my sarcasm a wee bit.

However, Friday's show (really Thursday) really affected me. So much that I had to write about my feelings, part of me wants to scream FIN AL LY!!! The other half makes me want to grab you by the shoulders and say SERIOUSLY??? I'm feeling half enraged and half ecstatic. Enraged because how in the world can a person of your spiritual and mental muster not contemplate the sacrifices of our military families during two wars? You have SOO much empathy for everyone and every subject, but never even thought about the people that bring you the freedom to air your shows that allow you a voice in the first place? Wow, that is a travesty. You've never been to Arlington National Cemetary? Seriously?

I am what I think of as a loving, pretty spiritually connected person but honestly my mind is filling with lots of not so nice thoughts regarding your agenda. Your agenda that we as America have bought and allowed ourselves to be moved to the places you felt we needed to go. It makes me so sad you forgot the men and women of our armed forces, men like my husband who are willing to sacrifice everything and not ask for a single thing in return.

See I live in a military community so I can not close my eyes to the effects of war, the widows, and the husbands who come home maimed either physically or mentally. I know the widows of this war. I've seen children left behind for a year with grandparents because both parents are deployed. I've watched the mess families become because of multiple deployments. I've watched my own husband come home a changed and different person. I know the effects of this war too well. As a military spouse I don't whine about it, I don't push my agenda because I don't really have one.

My other response to Friday's show comes from my heart. I am so thrilled that you finally took the time to see and try to understand these brave and honorable people. I know what you can do and know the power of your endorsement and hope this will make a positive difference in a very deserving group of American lives. Maybe next time you go somewhere like Australia, instead of taking your most loyal viewers you will think about the ones on who's blood sweat and tears you've thrived. A little late, but I'm glad you came around.