I found this little quote in an article on military.com.  I thought the words were simple, yet describes all of us so well! :)

"Because in military life, goodbyes aren’t about the quality of your  love.  Goodbyes are about power.  Goodbyes are your opportunity to  take power over the deployment."



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So I apologize ahead of time for this rant but I feel that it just has to be said to someone!  Nate and I are coming up on a year of being together.  We got engaged back in March and he deployed shortly after.  There was been this girl who often texted him and messaged him behind my back about how much she loved him and cared about him, whatever, blah blah blah.  Anyway, I usually am not a very jealous person and don't really care who he talks to, male or female.  It is just this one…

This summer I had the pleasure to return to the Carlisle Barracks for another summer of interesting stories from soldiers/veterans of all wars.  This summer I am transcribing interviews of Army wives who's husbands were mainly in Korea and Vietnam.  Today I was listening to a woman who was born in 1921 and she was so full of life.  At the end of the interview the interviewer asked the woman, "If you could pass one thing on to other military wives what would it be."  Her answer was, "It was…

It's that time of year when college is almost out for the summer...all my friends say how they cannot wait for summer!  All I can think is screw the summer and any season in between...I just want my man back.