Regina,
The love you get back in the thank you letters is worth the time to make those quilts.
While no one should expect a thank you from soldiers too busy trying to avoid harm, or going through rehab or hospitalized, when you do get one, you know how much they loved their quilt, and it lifts my spirit for months!
I actually believe I saw one of my quilts on the news one night about 3 years ago. I had been part of a group that sent several quilts to Walter Reed Hospital, and I could see it on the bed near the soldier they were talking to! It was a top I had designed, but I didn't quilt it.
Diane