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What does it mean
to you to be a military wife?
by Mary
So glad you asked. It means happily being next
in line, because you stand behind your Soldier and his way of life.
My parents taught me to go to bed on time, and Army life changed
that to I'll hit the rack ASAP, but right now I need to get the house
squared away for the movers to come in tomorrow.
You have people telling you how wrong "this war" is and they expect
you to agree. After all, your sweetheart is gone on Valentines day most
of the time. When you smile and say you believe in what your husband
does, you get the eye-roll, even from family. We are not the first
generation of military wives to experience it and we won't be the last.
So tell your sister in law to quit the worrying and get to praying if
she's upset. We don't have the option of grumbling and hand wringing
with those nay-sayers.
You teach your children about the children of the other countries
who need their daddy over there to help build a life like we know here.
You fill up with pride when your kids get it and they realize that it's
worth the temporary absence. It teaches them to share the most important
things in their world, with the world.
It means seeing a uniform and feeling connected to that stranger,
because he or she is a part of your life in some way. When I drove past
a graduation and saw families lined up from the door to the road while
Bryan Adams' Everything I do (I do it for you) played on the
radio, tears absolutely poured down my face. Tears of pride and joy, for
the new Soldiers and their supportive families. I may not meet even one
but odds are I will, and never even know it.
It also means that maybe for the first time in your life, you will
make friends with someone of another race, nationality or religion
because military life is an infusion of people from all over the world.
You will go to a company picnic on a mandatory fun day, and discover
foods that you never would have imagined in your old neighborhood
because potential new friends from Georgia or Germany are there to share
the day and a meal with you.
It means running into someone you used to know at another post and
being amazed that their 6 month old is actually 12 years old now. Has it
really been that long when it feels like yesterday? Ah honey, that was
four moves ago.
Being a military wife means holding panic and tears at bay until he
finally makes it back home, then breaking down while he's sleeping next
to you again.
It is my life and I'm glad I get to share it with women like you
who understand what I'm feeling even if nobody else does.
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