OMG i have been so busy i have not even had the tv on my nephew is over seas Army my i have 2 brother in laws and 1 nephew that just came back and my daughter's boyfreind is marines reserves (but 1 group of them just got called) and i pray that they all come home and wanted you to know that is take a speical person to be married to someone in the miltary
The Military Wife
The average age of the military wife is 20 years old.
She isn't old enough to buy a beer, but is old enough to manage a whole
household on her own and maybe she has a kid or two.
She probably never saw herself loving a man who was in the military, but she
loves him regardless.
Her penmanship has improved over the last few months, due to the excessive
letter writing she has been doing.
She cries a lot because she misses the man she swore to love. Her life isn't
complete without him.
She looks very tired, because of her many nights without sleep, due to a late
night phone call that never came or a call that came and kept her up all night,
just because she heard his voice, she is too overjoyed to sleep.
As a wife, she is classified as a dependent, but she is totally independent.
She tends to her household, her kids, her schoolwork, and her job, all without
her husband.
She manages to wear a smile, even though inside she's crying.
She understands that the man she loves has to go far away.
She understands that he can be taken away from her in a moments notice.
She feels a great sense of pride and probably cries whenever she hears the
National Anthem, sees a flag blowing in the breeze, or watches the news and
hears about another death in Iraq she worries that it might be him.
She goes weeks without a call or a letter, but she writes him whenever she gets
a free moment.
She knows how to convert civilian time into military time.
She knows how to iron his clothes and how to get the creases just right.
Before he left she used to complain if she didn't see him for a day or two, but
now she gets annoyed when she hears someone complaining about not seeing their
boyfriends. She may not have seen him for months but she remembers everything
about him, every scar he has, the way he smells, whether or not he snores. She
has every picture of him and them out and in frames, she stares at them for
hours on end, she has read every letter at least 40 times.
Even though her man is a half a world away, she still manages to go on with her
life, as he would want her to.
You may not know what she looks like, but as soon as you see her in the store
you'll know that her husband is a world away without even having to speak to
her.
She's the one who's half frowning half smiling, she has at least one Support out
Troops pin that she wears and one that's on her car.
Half her wardrobe is based on his military branch. She owns lots of stuff that
has his branch on it. She never knew that she could love the color camouflage
green, tan, navy blue, red or black so much.
Next time you see her, you'll know her, thank her for what the man she loves is
doing. She will greatly appreciate it and she will smile and thank you, and just
because you thanked her she'll smile the rest of the day!
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