Today is Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
Although there is a special day set aside to recognize military spouses, their hard work truly should be acknowledged and appreciated daily!
I want to take this time to thank all my readers (and friends) who are a military spouse. Without you, the military world would be strangely different. Your support, hard work, motivation, and kind hearts all converge to help the survival of our country's soldiers.
Thank you for all you do!
I often struggle with the fact that I am still a "military spouse".
We are so estranged from the military atmosphere right now with Richard in Law School.
I haven't been in "that world" for over two years now....
We find ourselves hesitant to tell others that we are part of the military....and rightfully so.
People take a (sometimes literal) step back when we say words like "army", "military", "iraq", "deployment".
Those words are supposed to be things of which we are proud.
Those words are supposed to make us feel honored because we are/were a part of them.
Yet, that is not the case because of those we meet.
And you can only dance around questions so much before you have to be honest and mention that you are from and are in the military.
"Why do you live so far from campus?"
"Did your husband decide to go to law school after you moved so "far away?" I guess half-an-hour is far when you live in a family dorm on campus.
"Where is your husband internning for the summer?"
"Do you know what type of law your husband will go into after school?"
I could go on with questions - they are endless....
The one that actually makes me want to tell them about the military is:
"How close in age are your kids? Wow! That is really close! That must have been really hard!"
Honey, you have no freaking clue.
But alas, we are in the military - regardless of how people see us because of the fact.
And this whole situation makes me happy to know how welcoming military spouses are.
They understand. They listen. They step closer to you when you tell them you are military.
And for that, each spouse has my appreciation!
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2 comments:
I'll never know what trials, struggles and hardships you endure as a military spouse, but I sure appreciate your sacrifice and your husband's service for our country. You amaze me!
I'm sorry that people aren't supportive when you say you're a military spouse or family. If you remember, I dated a Navy Sailor in college so I always try to be super understanding of the sacrifices military families make; I will say that your blog helped me know what some people are going through - we had a grad student who just finished in the Army and when I saw his ID I said 'oh! what branch are you from?' he never answered and I found out months later he thought, since we live in Berkeley, I was going to chew him out instead of thanking him for his service.
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