Friday, March 9, 2012
Training, pedi's and tears!!
So as mark is on his way to training for his upcoming deployment.. I sit here with that alone hallow feeling in the nail salon getting a pedicure. I always knew this day would come. I knew what I signed up for when I said, "I do" and then 3 days later he left for Iraq. Having him home for this last year was amazingly therapeutic for my little family. As I sit here I watch other families walking around, am I jealous? Yes, because those children will have their father home for birthdays, loose teeth and teeth fairies, backyard barbecues, bedtime stories, kisses and hugs, and that guidance only a father can truly give to his growing children. But I would never trade a minute of our lives with another wife who has all those moments because I have my love and we have one of those once in a lifetime kind of loves that people rarely have. I'm blessed to have a husband who is 100% hardcore patriotic who loves his country and who is willing to give the ultimate sacrifice to do just that. Protect his family, friends, and neighbors from experiencing what he has seen in his lifetime on foreign soil. Some people don't understand our lives and ya know there is so much explaining one can do, but until they experience those empty beds, empty seats at the dinner table, and one less smiling face in pictures that are displayed on the walls too that moment when your heart about explodes from absolute PRIDE the moment you see your husband step off the plane coming home to your arms then they may never truly understand our lives as military spouses. To be quite honest it's ok, because we will keep on standing here behind our better halves so that they may live freely. Our lives are not for the faint of heart, but two thing that are a 100% requirement.. Tears; because those little wet memories that slip down your cheeks allow us to push forward and keep going.. Memories; because it's those memories that help us on those quietly lonely nights. Memories of that amazing smile that you fell in love with before he even knew you cared about him or That laugh that makes you giggle because he is happy for that fleeting moment. How when your cooking he walks up and kisses your cheek.. Those memories are what we hold onto so desperately as we wait that year till he can take off his combat boots and be home for those moments you felt so jealous a year prior.. To all the spouses out there keep pushing forward.. The tears do dry and the kisses aren't just memories.. Hooah!!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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