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What does it mean to
you to be a military mom?
as submitted by
Maryleta
Just received your letter and wanted to answer
your question “What does it mean to you to be a military mom?” My
son, Nathan, joined the Army 2 years ago. It was the hardest thing to
let my son do what he wanted with his life. My son was only 20 years old
when he enlisted. I knew the way things were going; he would end up in
Iraq at some point in time. As we went through basic training, getting
stationed at a base, extensive training to deploy the anxiety of his
future grew more and more. When we finally got the date and went to the
deployment ceremonies, the time was here. The hardest thing to do was
let my little boy, now a handsome, strong young man, go off to war.
Words cannot explain how proud I was of my son. I thought of all the
things in life he had accomplished and how much we all love each other.
Life has a greater meaning to our family. He is fighting for others to
have a better way of life and he truly believes in what he is doing. As
a military family, we might not always support the decisions; however we
do whole heartily support our troops. I never really understood the ARMY
motto, “An ARMY of ONE”, until my son was in the ARMY. We are all
ONE. ONE of a family, my son is no longer just my son; he is the son of
every military family. Their son’s are now my son’s. I have a
wonderful support group that will help me through anything, because they
are living the same life I am. My son has taught me to live one day at a
time and make the most of everything you do and believe. I have learned
to say what I need to say, I don’t expect him to understand my
unspoken words. I look forward to the late night calls, the long
e-mails, and laugh at his crazy jokes. I have learned to smile in the
midst of the greatest heart ache that I feel. I have learned to be
strong for him, as he does his job, which I know is very hard and
exhausting. I have learned my heart ache is felt by each mother that has
a soldier that is fighting for our country. Also I have learned
sometimes it is better not to entertain other ignorance. I look for the
words to give a heart that is hurting in the midst of what our nation is
facing. And I also pray for those who do not support our troops, for
they do not understand. So to me the greatest meaning of being a
military mom is: Stand proud in the midst of pain, for our troops are
human, they are the reason we all can put our heads on our pillows at
night and sleep without fear!”
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