Military Wife

As a military wife, I couldn't be more proud of my husband. After spending 8 years on active duty in The United States Marine Corps and the past couple years in the Air Force Reserves, he has dedicated his life to serving the people of this great nation. His reserve unit will likely deploy next year (for 6 months or more) and while it is always in the back of my mind, I try not to worry about it. Every month he is gone for a few days and at least once a year he is gone for two weeks (or more). This year, like many before, he will be gone on my birthday. I'd love to "be that girl" who is cool about it, no sweat. For my family, I am. On the inside, this sucks! Not just because it's my birthday this Saturday, but because I can't spend it with my very best friend.  We have learned to love FaceTime on our iPhones but it's never quite the same.

[Above: Our daughter standing in daddy's boots that are clean and ready to be packed.]

As a military wife and mother, we must ever be the bookends holding everything together while our spouse is away. At least in my family, those times are generally shorter now. :) since our daughter is only 18 months old, she is not at the age where she understands it all yet but I will say, I'm not looking forward to the inevitable "daddy is leaving" tears. Cross that bridge another day.

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