The Army!

All I know is that I've never had more respect for the men and women fighting overseas than I do right now.
You hear women all the time talk about not having their "soldier" around because he's away, that is an understatement. I was talking to an army wife last year, the day before the military ball, she said "I have been married two years and probably actually only been around him for about 8 months." Her statement resonated in my head. I thought at the time that ordinary people could never have a stable relationship like that but I was wrong, well at least in my case.

Josh is currently away, I cannot tell you what he's doing or where but what I can say is that loneliness is eminent if your dating military. Most men, like my cousin, are gone for an entire year with only a two week vacation to go home. Having three children on top of that isn't ideal.
All I can say is that it may not be ideal, if you cannot handle being away from someone for long periods of time and always need attention from your mate, a military man is not for you. Days go by and you don't get a phone call and then there are days he'll call 20 times in one day.
Our one year anniversary is coming up on March 26th..yeayy, we've been living together since May but Ive  been living with him physically in my presence for seven months, if I discount his deployment period. This is the video that had me in tears during our last deployment. I love this video and would watch it multiple times over and still cry every time. 

 

I'm not alot of maintenance, highly independent but I wonder and worry about those wives who have no job and stay home to raise children. Everyday must be so long and stressful not having that helping hand there.  It does seem like this will be a long stretch of coming months where he'll be gone. I think about him every second of the day.  It's not fair but who ever said life was fair.