But I didn't have any new answers for my questions. I've tried, but I know people are busy and maybe they're tired of this idea. I don't know. The Internet goes fast.
But I thought I'd do at LEAST one more-- and answer the questions myself.
1. What are five things you know now
about military life that you wish someone had told you?
Everyone was right about
what Army life would be like.
Everyone was also wrong.
My Army family can sometimes be more
important, or at least more understanding of what I’m going through, than my
“family”.
I never realized how strong I
can be.
And I wish someone had told me
how precious each of these days is. Even the first little crappy place we lived, in memory, is a mansion because that's where we started out.
2. What is the most important thing you'd like to tell new spouses?
GET INVOLVED. Not necessarily on post (although that is
good and can be a lifesaver), but getting involved in something outside
yourself, outside your Soldier, and outside your little family can be
absolutely crucial when he is in the field or training or (especially),
deployed.
3. What do you love the most?
I love that I “get it”—I love that the Army terms, routines, rituals, rites, and the whole patriotic mess mean more to me because I understand it and I have been blessed to live it.
I love that I “get it”—I love that the Army terms, routines, rituals, rites, and the whole patriotic mess mean more to me because I understand it and I have been blessed to live it.
4. What do you find the hardest?
The sheer unpredictability of the military makes me absolutely nuts sometimes. Joy and grief and maybes and probably-won't's and the dreaded "should"...this roller coaster is not for the faint of heart.
The sheer unpredictability of the military makes me absolutely nuts sometimes. Joy and grief and maybes and probably-won't's and the dreaded "should"...this roller coaster is not for the faint of heart.
5. A story:
We got married in between my classes ending and finals beginning, during “dead day” at the University of Arizona. We had two days together as a little honeymoon, and he flew back to Kansas on Mother’s Day. I began finals the day after. During the regular semester, I had one name. For finals, I had another. It would be nearly two full months before we’d see each other again, after he had finished NTC and found us a home. I learned to drive, packed up my life, and copied down all of his mother’s recipes. J This all seems so old-fashioned to me now, but something tells me spouses still get married like this sometimes and will have their own “on their own” stories to tell.
I'd really love to hear from you. What story do you have to share about just starting military life? Or life in general? Leave me a comment. Or two. :)
We got married in between my classes ending and finals beginning, during “dead day” at the University of Arizona. We had two days together as a little honeymoon, and he flew back to Kansas on Mother’s Day. I began finals the day after. During the regular semester, I had one name. For finals, I had another. It would be nearly two full months before we’d see each other again, after he had finished NTC and found us a home. I learned to drive, packed up my life, and copied down all of his mother’s recipes. J This all seems so old-fashioned to me now, but something tells me spouses still get married like this sometimes and will have their own “on their own” stories to tell.
I'd really love to hear from you. What story do you have to share about just starting military life? Or life in general? Leave me a comment. Or two. :)
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