Exceptional Woman

I met two army wives this weekend at church. The first wife I met was standing in line at the bookstore to buy the weekend sermon for her husband who is currently overseas. It was crowded in there with very little room to move about and yet we conversed with each other about the military and couponing, all the while, her baby in tow.

 

She shared that her husband had to leave for deployment one week after their baby was born. That has to be hard. The baby is still on their own sleeping schedule and the fact that the mommy is missing her soldier is a lot to take in all at once. Nevertheless, she is doing it and what makes her exceptional is that she was willing to fight the heavy traffic flow within the church building, battling through crossing the hallway of the hundreds of parishioners that are coming out of the sanctuary, just to get to the other side where the bookstore is, only to buy one small CD for her soldier, again, all the while with her baby in tow. Getting God’s word to her husband every week is important to her and to him.

 

Being a military wife myself, I understand the struggles all to well. After the recent redeployment, my husband and I was sitting on the couch talking and he was mentioning what the chaplain was saying in one of the briefings. He said the chaplain said that they don't know just how tired they are because they have been pumping adrenaline for months on end, handling this problem and that problem, going here and going there and sleeping but never really sleeping." It makes sense because as military spouses, we put out this same adrenaline to endure the deployment. I've been so tired since he's been home and now I understand why.

 

At one time or another, we have all been here before. It may not seem like much to some people but for us, the load is much heavier than the baby or toddler that we have in tow. Let’s give this new military mom and others like her a HOOAH! They are all in much need of encouragement. Remember one another when one is in need. Love you ladies…YOU ROCK!