We’re about to delve into the really long cycle of deployment that the Department of Defense and psychologists publish. Theirs is very technical with all sorts of stages and fancy words. We here at Army Wife Network put our spin on it to make it simpler.
Join us tonight for a discussion with author Sara Dewalt of “365 Deployment Days”. Field Problems Resource of the Week: Deployment Lessons, The Parenting Minute and AWTR Mess Hall!
Join us tonight for Army Wife Life. Our topic this evening is reintegration. We’ll be joined by several LAS Bloggers and author Elaine Dumler for an informative talk. Field Problems Resource of the Week: NMFA: Operation Purple Camp. The Newbie Minute and AWTR Household 6! Yahoo ID: ArmyWifeTalkRadio 646-915-8736 or join us in the LIVE CHAT during the show!
Exactly two weeks ago today, I was frantically fixing my hair, worried about shaving my legs for the first time in weeks, making sure our house was perfect, cleaning the van, packing the van, and hanging signs at 10 a.m.
Less than two hours later, our service member would return home!
It’s crazy. I started to think yesterday that, if he were home on R&R, he would be heading back in just four days. Boy, am I glad he’s not on leave!
Recently, I was reading a magazine when an article about the last first kiss really resonated with me.
In the essay, the author was recounting her love story (which, if you recall, I love hearing those). At one point, she mentions that when she met the man she knew would be her husband, she then knew that their first kiss would be her last first kiss. My heart was nearly full of the romantic notion of it all—how exquisite to know, to be aware that you are in the middle of your last first kiss.
Of course, being a military wife, I have to put my own spin on it.
I don’t know about everyone else, but when people (civilians or new military spouses) ask how I get through a deployment, my answer is, “Friends.”
Deployments come faster and faster. Home, away, home again, and away again. I knew I couldn’t be the only one wondering if it’s really harder to be the one leaving or the one who is being left.
I began a mission to find out.
When I asked service members and their spouses which is harder, leaving or being left, the majority of them seem to agree—it’s easier to leave.
Join us for an intimate discussion with author Kevin Decker. We’ll be talking about connecting across the miles. Kevin has some great & different care package ideas that appeal to the five senses! Don’t want to miss this! Field Problems Resource of the Week: Forces Poetry. We have the Relationship Minute and AWTR Book Club.
Do you have a deployed service member on your Christmas list? There won’t be a “ho-hum” holiday for your service member with these holiday care package ideas. I’ve captured the spirit of the season through items that relate to the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the holidays. Add your own touches for a surefire way to make your service member’s spirit bright!
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