Who we are

Who are we? We are strong, capable, and emotional people. We are the ones you pass by each day and don't even realize what we are going thru but we keep on going without our better halves. We keep the "home fires burning" so to speak. We are the ones that not only run the household, pay the bills, deal with repair people, deal with schools, hope and pray for a quick phone call, IM or an e-mail just to let us know you are alright, then we are also the ones who go to bed at night safely because of our significant others but at the same time we also cry ourselves to sleep, cry when we see soldier, cry when we hear a song and then we wipe our eyes and go on. WE do all of this because we are so proud of who we are spending our lives with. No one could know the pride we feel when anyone mentions the names of our loved ones.



Who are we? We are the backbone that have shoulders of strength and can take on more than you can imagine. Most of us have left our families behind because nothing will keep us from spending every moment we can with the ones we love because we all know that time is short and we don't want to miss a moment of anything. Yes we know we choose this life and we know what it comes with too and we are content to do whatever we have to for our loved ones. We know we will miss important dates "back home" and we hope and pray everyone will understand but we also know we have new family wherever we may be. We are there for one another rather it be a shoulder to lean on, someone to vent to, someone to share a dinner with or to celebrate those special days that our loved ones can't. We all stick together and Heaven help you if you makes us mad or upset or say the wrong thing to us.



So who are we? We are the military significant others who can do anything and will do anything for our loved ones. Some of us wear our pride on our shirts, put the stickers on our cars and probably upset some when walk by with our shirts on or you see our stickers on our cars. We may not clean our house or garden in high heels and go to lunches all the time but we are here and we are STRONG.

Another weekend

Several of my friends down here have said bye to their significant others and gone thru the most emotions one can go thru in one day. I know we have a little while yet but all of a sudden I feel like the walls are closing in on me. I know the day will come when he comes home and says I have orders. I am trying to stay strong not only for myself but for our daughter. We already know the date for training and that will be here before you know it. As I drive thru post daily you can tell just how many are gone due to little traffic. I've driven by as some were having their good byes and end up tears streaming down my face.

One of the worse things to me anyway, is when someone says "Well at least it is ONLY for 12 months instead of 15", while I am very grateful for that it is still 12 months that anything can happen in, it is 12 months out of our lives, 12 months that he won't see his daughter and see her grow. Like I have said in the past we knew this would happen but until you actually see it in writing or hear it on the news, you have no idea of how it hits you. You feel like a ton of bricks has just landed on your chest.

Our daughter and I have been trying to keep busy by going to the pool, but as I sit there while she is swimming I look around and see all the mom's and dad's who are there with their kids and know they are basically doing the same thing. Just trying to get thru another day. People also need to realize that just because this is an election year and they can say and promise all they want, troop withdrawl is not going to happen overnight.