Thoughts of Today

A good friend of mine is on her way to drop off her husband for 15 months. I know my time will be coming soon to do the same thing and I can only hope and pray that I am as strong as she is right now. They have 4 children one of which is only 3 weeks old and by the time daddy gets home he will be walking. My heart aches for her and her children and I will be here for them no matter what.

People don't understand why "we" signed up for this life and honestly when Mike mentioned it to me last year, I didn't understand when he said there is such a friendship in the military that isn't here in the civilian world, but now I do understand. While we were apart for 10 months it is nothing compared to what people everywhere have gone through. I am well aware of what is coming down the road for us and as I and my friend talked today remembering the training period, Sundays and nights were the worse for both of us and we know this will be worse. During training we were lucky, we got to talk everyday, e-mail and text. We were even able to go to Oklahoma twice and Virginia to be with Mike but what is coming are days of no contact, nights sitting wondering and praying and plenty of tears. I have met some of the strongest women I have ever known during the past 11 months.

Yes I have heard, "You knew what was coming when you signed up", yes we did and I will tell everyone and it does not matter if you are family or not, I support my husband 110% and will stand beside him no matter what. I am so proud of him and what he is doing. We know there are going to be separations and times of no contact but I know that God will watch over him and all the men and women. People assume because you are in the military everything is just great, that you have no problems, and everything is given to you, if they only knew.