HE ASKED FOR DIRT, AND EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY AT FIRST
When I first told my wife what I wanted her to send, she laughed like I was kidding. Everyone else was asking for snacks, socks, photos—typical comforts from home. But not me. I asked for dirt. Real American soil, a little fertilizer, and a packet of grass seed. Out in the dry, unforgiving desert where…