This is just a little something that gets me through eachday! I hope that it touches your heart as it has mine!

The Military Wife

The good lord was creating a model for military wives and was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared. She said, "Lord, you seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one. What's the matter with the standard model?"

The lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this order? She has to be completely independent, posses the qualities of both father and mother, be a perfect hostess to four or forty with an hour's notice, run on black coffee, handle every emergency imaginable without a manual, be able to carry on cheerfully, even if she's pregnant and has the flu, and she must be willing to move 10 times in 17 years. And oh, yes she must have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head. "Six pairs of hands? No Way!"

The Lord continued, "Don't worry, we shall make other military wives to help her. And we will give her unusually strong heart so it can sweel with pride in hers husband's achievements, sustain the pain od separations, beat soundly when it's over-worked and tired, and large enough to say 'I understand,' when she does not, and say 'I Love You,' regardless."

The angel circled the model of the military wife, looked at it closely and sighed, "It looks fine, but it's too soft."

"She might look soft," replied the Lord, "but she has the strength of a loin. You would not believe what she can endure."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Lord's creation. "There's a leak," she announced. "Something is wrong with the construction. I am not surprised that it has cracked. You are trying to put too much into this model."

The Lord appeared offended at the angel's lack of confidence. "What you see is not a leak," he said. "It's a tear."

"A tear? What is that for?" asked the angel.

The Lord replied, "It's for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride, and a dedication to all values that she and her husband hold dear."

"You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel.

The Lord looked puzzled and replied, "I didn't put it there."

This is great. In fact, I sent it off to my cousin who's hubby is off in Kuwait. But I did make one little edit
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I think i am going to send that to my H. Did your H make it home yet? I've been thinking about you lately and I bet you just cant wait! We finally got a stop date on mail, no more mail to be sent out after the 15th of this month!! So excited. I hope he gets home soon to you and your family take care!

SW

thats lovely

of course now we have to live up to it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Thank you! I think all us military spouses live up to that.

Happy Birthday to any Marines here and Happy Veterans Day!

Believe it or not, this is especially meaningful to ALL whose spouses work away from home. I am a merchant mariner. My "deployments" equate to only half the year gone, as opposed to soldiers/sailors/marines who are gone far longer. Yet it is still incredibly punishing on my wife. And the adjustment period may last a whole career, whereas hopefully some of you will enjoy your loved ones back after only a few years. I am thankful that my danger is not as mortal as theirs. Yet without my vocation, we would all lack for many day-to-day goods which we all take for granted.

A very wonderful sentiment, thank you for sharing it.

I am glad all of you enjoyed it! Sorry type O on the lion! Little things like that slip when you have a 2 yr old tugging at your shirt. Yes Hubby is on his way Home!!! He has been gone 14 mos and he will be home in 12 1/2 hrs and counting!!!! I can't wait!!