However, I felt this last post was appropriate to create as a final one on "I Didn't Sign Up For This" as it has everything and anything to do with the military lifestyle.
Today is Military Spouse Appreciation Day! Throughout this blog's entirety, I have expressed time and time again how important having others who completely understand what you go through as a military spouse, parent, sibling, and so much more is. I have also mentioned how big of a role these people play in terms of the relationship they have with their service member, and how the job they have is just as difficult, tiresome, exciting, and scary as their loved ones.
Today, we honor the military spouses. Those who have sacrificed college degrees, leaving their families and small home towns for a life full of adventure and a new family of their very own. We celebrate those who hold down the fort while their service member is deployed for months or training for days at a time, those who are often single parents forced to make decisions on their own hoping that it was the right one. We recognize their strength, their honor, their love, their support, and their sacrifice, because what military spouse's do is not easy. They deserve to be celebrated every day, not just one, because sometimes I can't imagine how tough it is that they have it, and exactly how they do it.
So to all of my Army wife friends, and all of those who are soon to be married into the military, I salute you for your endless love, encouragement, support, and strength. You truly are one of a kind and deserve to know it! I look up to you and am thankful to have you all in my life.
A good friend of mine, Victoria Wresilo, has no immediate attachment to those in the military, but decided to take on the task of learning more about the military lifestyle and those who serve, have served, their families, and their loved ones for her very own senior thesis project. Tori asked me to help her along this journey, so she interviewed me about my own relationship, and used some great people and families I know to get all aspects of the military life documented. Her short movie, "Faces of War: Beyond the Battle," has been a huge hit so far and shows real life accounts of relationships in the military, as well as servicemen's own stories and perspectives and is definitely worth a quick watch!
To all of you military spouse's out there, today is for you. Thank you for taking on the big responsibility of marrying into the military. A lot of service men and women and their families could not do it without you, despite how difficult it sometimes may be!
