Military Spouse Appreciation Day!

One of my good fellow military wives sent me this and I loved it so I thought I would share it with all of you.

I am a military wife, a member of that sisterhood of women who have had the courage to watch thier men go into battle, and the strength to survive until thier return. Our sorority knows no rank, for we earn our membership with a marriage liscence, traveling over miles, or over nations to begin a new life with our military husbands.

Within days, we turn a barren, echoing building into a home, and though our quarters are inevitably white-walled and unpapered, we decorate with the treasures of our travels, for we shop the markets of the globe.

Using hammer and nail, we tack our pictures to the wall, and our roots to the floor as firmly as if we had lived there for a lifetime. We hold our family together by the bootstraps, and raise the best of "brats", instilling in them the motto, "Home is Togetherness", whether motel or guest house, apartment or duplex.

As military wives we soon realize that the only good in "goodbye" is the "Hello Again". For as salesmen of freedom, our husbands are often on the road, at sea, or in the skys, leaving us behind, for a week, a month, an assignment. During seperation we gaurd the homefront, existing until homecoming.

Unlike our civilian counterparts, we measure time, not by years, but by tours- married at Knox, a baby born at Hood, a special anniversary at yorkstown, a promotion at Carson. We plant trees, and never see them grow tall, work on projects completed long after we have departed, and enhance our community for the betterment of those who come after us. We leave a part of us at every stop.

Through experience, we have learned to pack a suitcase, a car or hold baggage, and live indefinatly for the contents within. And though our fingers are sore from the patches weve sewn, and silver we have shined, our hands are always ready to help those around us.

Women of peace, we pray for a world in harmony, for the flag that leads our men into battle, will also blanket them in death. Yet we are also an optomistic group, thinking of the good, and forgetting the bad, cherishing yesterday, while anticipating tomorrow.

Never rich by monentary standards, our hearts are overflowing with a wealth of experiences common only to those united by the special tradition of military life. We pass on the legacy to every military bride, welcoming her with outstretched arms, with love and friendship, from one sister to another, sharing the bounty of our unique, fulfilling military way of life!

Ok I know that was long, but I think it is great. I am writing this in honor of Military Spouse Appreciation Day which was actually yesterday. I am a day behind! I want to say thank you to all my fellow military wives and husbands. New and veteran. We have to stand strong behind our husbands and wives as they fight this battle.

Ok in other news, David will be home next week sometime. Not sure which day yet. I will keep everyone updated when I hear from him next.