This is for a dear dear friend whose husband will be deploying this week. We will will miss you terribly and will be praying every day for you all. And for all of our other friends who are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan and for their families. Thank you for all that you do. We will be forever grateful…
IF YOU'RE NOT IN LOVE WITH A SOLDIER!!! (or a Marine)
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't know adventure. You don't know smelly gray PT uniforms that require daily washing. You can't understand green and brown camouflaged bags flooding your bedroom floor.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't understand the meaning of the phrase going to the field and the weeks you spend away from each other.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can never imagine the hole in your heart when the phone call comes. Honey, I am leaving tomorrow to go overseas. I don't know how long I will be gone or exactly where I am going but I want you to know I love you Always!
If you're not in love with a soldier, you don't know what it's like to say that final good-bye. You don't know what it really means to be glued to the television. You don't understand fear and you can't possibly understand the
sleepless nights of endless crying wondering if you will ever see the love of your life alive again.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't know the immense joy, the uncontrollable smile, or the butterflies in your stomach when you see your soldier march onto a parade field upon redeployment, You can't understand
the self-control it takes to stand a mere thirty feet away from your man as some higher up gives a seemingly endless welcome home speech while all the soldiers stand in formation. You don't know what it is like to have the
second first kiss or what its like to experience puppy love all over.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't truly understand how to make every moment count because you never know when that phone call may come again.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can never really understand how very delicate life is!!
The Army may have my soldier, but I have his heart!
I've commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't ever be afraid or discouraged! I am the Lord your God, and I will be there to help you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
2 comments:
natalie, i could not even read this right now, but i will after jay leaves. thanks for posting it for me though. we miss you a lot too. sutton is preparing to ask cole to marry her over thanksgiving. ;-)
Dallas, you are one of the strongest military wives I know. I also know that you are spending the next 10 months helping so many others deal with their first deployments. You are such an inspiration to so many.
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