Klay, Konnor and Kylie Abele.

My husband Klay Matthew Abele is a Sergeant E-5 in the US Army Reserves from the 363rd Military Police unit out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He is almost 23 yrs old, his birthday we will miss while he is overseas, is December 31.

Before he was activated, Klay was a film student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where he studied Digital Media Production. He was an outstanding student, with drive and ambition.

After classes he was also a devoted father to our 10 month old son Konnor, whom he adores! On a side note, Klay will miss all of the firsts a normal family would get to experience; he will miss Konnor's first steps and first crawls, Konnor's first birthday and also our first wedding anniversary. Aside from his family life, he is an adventurous soldier and has never complained about his commitment in the Reserves. As a child he was always playing with GI Joe's. And now, he lives out his childhood dream as a soldier.

He is also a HUGE fan to the 2009 6-time Super-bowl Champs Pittsburgh Steelers & the 2009 Stanley Cup Winners Pittsburgh Penguins.

Although their unit has just deployed, we continue to miss him more and more with each day. We pray every day that our soldier & the rest of all the men and woman serving our country, return safely to their loved ones.

- Kylie Abele

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Jessica Stong, her husband Army Lt. Anthony Stong and their puppies.

"Anthony has been over in Iraq for the past 11 months, but will be on his way home in the next week or so! He is serving with 3-7 Field Artillery out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

His birthday was on September 15th. I'm very excited for him to get home so I can show him his new weight room that is his (surprise) birthday present!

All in all I would just like to pass on to Anthony that I love him and miss him and both me and our dogs can't wait for him to come back home to us."

- Jessica Stong

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Stanley Drew is saluting his wife Air Force TSGT Tina Drew.

My name is Stan and I would like to salute the love of my life, my wife, TSgt Tina Drew. She is currently deployed to Afghanistan from the 10 MDOS at the US Air Force Academy.

I want her and the world to know that she is my life and that I LOVE HER more than words could ever say. I also want her to know that she is appreciated and missed very much by not only me, but our girls and our families.

I pray that God watches over her and everyone over there so that they can ALL come home safe one day.

Thanks and a BIG SALUTE to all the troops, especially, those keeping my wife safe while she helps care for the sick and wounded.

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So that's it, folks. The Morning Sunshine contest has come to a close. Stay tuned to the show in the following weeks, as we announce the grand prize winner of the show, who will get to come to Atlanta and meet Robin.

Today's tip comes from Terri T. Check out her absolutely genius advice for inspiring confidence in her children.

"I tell my children to focus on making the people around them feel welcome. I tell them to know their presence in a room is a blessing whether they do something or not.

Confidence is not something they need to yearn for, but something they will find in their possession when they realize the truths of the wonderful people they already are."

Just perfect. Thanks so much to everyone who played along!

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Sarah Randall sends a loving salute to her hubby in Afghanistan.

I would like to send a salute out to my husband SPC Patrick Randall who is currently deployed to Afghanistan. SPC Randall loves his stepsons all the way from Afghanistan!

This young man is loved so very much, we all miss him and wish his was home safe and sound. Each and everyday he risks his life to protect our country. He has trained with the most wonderful men and women that I have ever had the honor to meet.

These brave young men and women along with SPC Randall are his stepson’s heroes.

I love you Patrick Always and Forever.

- Sarah Randall

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As our Morning Sunshine contest comes to a close, it seems like the advice we're getting from viewers just keeps getting better and better.

Viewers have shared so many of their own great tips for building confidence, to celebrate the release of Robin's book.

Today, Jim from Farmington Hills, Michigan, shared these words of wisdom:

"I inspire self-confidence in others by making them stop and really think about how much good they have in life. Most of us have more than enough great things going for us but don't stop often enough to realize it. I compliment them on what they are good at and encourage them to go for their dreams. Self-confidence ... It is a daily choice, a mindset, that once made nobody will ever look back."

So inspirational! Thanks Jim!

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The Morning Sunshine contest continues, and Robin is now out on a book tour promoting her book, "Morning Sunshine: How to Radiate Confidence and Feel it Too."

Check out our showpage for a look at Robin's tour stops, and see if you can't schedule a time to go meet her in person.

Today's confidence building tip comes to us from Ronald A, who shares how he inspires confidence in young troops:

"As a 19 year veteran of the USAF, I inspire confidence in my young troops by daily challenging them to tasks that they may not have done before or build on their skills or knowledge; tasks that they can easily accomplish by themselves but may have never had to do. By empowering them, early, they become stronger, more confident future leaders of the USAF and have the confidence to deploy to places like Iraq knowing that they can over come the stress and dangers they may face."

- MSgt Ronald Anderson, USAF

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Hey folks!

This week we are asking how you help others radiate self-confidence. That's right, how do you make other people feel great about themselves?

Tuesday's winning answer has a lot to say about why it's important to share with people the one thing we all love getting: a compliment!

"When you compliment people it makes them shine ... even on a bad day a compliment will boost that self-confidence. Looking directly into someone’s eyes when you're having a conversation, and really listening to people makes them feel that you are interested in what they are telling you (even if you not). Self confidence can be destroyed in many ways. I'm a believer in building it, not tearing it down, even if I fell like crap."

From: Sheree B.

Thanks Sheree!

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This week, the final week, in fact, of the Morning Sunshine Contest, we are asking viewers to share their tips for instilling confidence in others.

Today's winner has a great piece of advice! She says:

"I hope to build self confidence in others by always addressing them by name and offer a positive comment on either how they look, how they appear to feel or on something that I know they recently accomplished, whether it's raising a child or planting a flower. By doing this, I also build MY self esteem by feeling happy."

- Sharon E.

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Crystal Ogo and her husband Private First Class Kevin Ogo and their son Noah.

"I just want to salute my soldier for the courage and dedication he has shown to his country and to his family. I don't think people understand the difficulties that military families face when a loved one is sent to fight in a war. Its really scary and stressful not only for the soldier but the family left behind.

Kevin and I have been married for a year and due to the Army life and trainings have only lived together for 4 months out of that year, Kevin deployed when I was seven months pregnant ... he missed the birth of our son by a few hours (even though he was heading home on leave) because there were no available flights in to NY that day and no one was willing to give up their seat ... when he didn’t make it for the birth he was heartbroken, due to his deployment he has missed our 1 year anniversary, celebrating his 21st birthday and my birthday.

He will miss most of our son's first milestones and he will miss Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I am looking forward to bringing in the New Year because Kevin will finally be home in 2010 and my new year’s resolution is to celebrate everyday with my husband and our family.

My husband is an amazing man and is loved by everyone that knows him, because of how much he has sacrificed already ... it's not enough that he is risking his life everyday for our country he loves and values our family so much! It is only 132 days till I can hold my husband and see his face instead of talking to him through the computer screen.

I’m so excited for this deployment to finally be over and for our family to be whole again!"

- Crystal Ogo

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