I have finally figured out how to use this blog/facebook mess! Not that I have anything particulary impotant to talk about, it was just driving me insane. Occasionaly I might have some useful insight, who knows. Mostly, I want to use my blog to get the 'mess' out of my head. So many thoughts all rolling around in there and no where for them to escape, until now, haha!
So now, I need to get ready to go to a meeting, even though I could probably curl up on the couch with my husband and our dogs and not move again until tomorrow but, alas, I'm off.
More rambles later!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Stress
I stole this from my friend Renee's blog so unfortunately I can't take credit but it's too good not to share!
HERE'S WHAT STRESS IS Stress?
President Obama suggests Maj. Nidal Hasan cracked under stress. That's a slap in the face to the men and women who have deployed countless times and have yet to pick up a gun and start shooting their own. I don't buy the stress defense.
Want to know what stress is?
I will take it from the point of view of an Army wife: Stress is:
*Knowing your husband leaves in a few weeks and making sure you have all legal documents in order in case he doesn't come back, he's taken POW or you need his signature to proceed with any number of legal, bank or personal dealings while he is deployed.
*Sitting in a gymnasium for a few hours knowing those are the final moments you will spend with him for 12 to 15 months.
*Keeping your chin up and telling him, "Goodbye" and "stay safe" and holding your tears back because he whispered, "Don't cry, babe" in your ear.
*Watching the man you love march out with his unit and wave back at you one last time.
*Not hearing from your husband for a week or two until his unit is finally settled in whatever God-forsaken location they are assigned to.
*Coming home and continuing with your everyday life, work, school, children, family, home, pets, vehicles and any other daily activity by yourself and not having the luxury of being able to talk to your spouse about it.
*Watching the news every day and seeing the politicians back home tie soldiers' hands by bringing political correctness into the battlefield.
*Getting a phone call mid-tour telling you your husband is OK but being medevac'd to Germany.
*Calling your husband's rear detachment and having them give you no further information about where your husband is or how badly he is hurt.
*Quitting the best job you ever had to pack up your stuff and move 18 hours back to the post he's assigned to so you can have a place before he gets there.
*Having to feed, bathe and care for your husband because he cannot use his arms.
*Listening to his guilt for not being able to come back with his unit.
*Knowing another deployment is just another year and a half away. Repeating this cycle two or three or for more times.
I've yet to see an Army wife "crack" and go on an "act of violence that is inexplicable."
Dai H. Salerno
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
HERE'S WHAT STRESS IS Stress?
President Obama suggests Maj. Nidal Hasan cracked under stress. That's a slap in the face to the men and women who have deployed countless times and have yet to pick up a gun and start shooting their own. I don't buy the stress defense.
Want to know what stress is?
I will take it from the point of view of an Army wife: Stress is:
*Knowing your husband leaves in a few weeks and making sure you have all legal documents in order in case he doesn't come back, he's taken POW or you need his signature to proceed with any number of legal, bank or personal dealings while he is deployed.
*Sitting in a gymnasium for a few hours knowing those are the final moments you will spend with him for 12 to 15 months.
*Keeping your chin up and telling him, "Goodbye" and "stay safe" and holding your tears back because he whispered, "Don't cry, babe" in your ear.
*Watching the man you love march out with his unit and wave back at you one last time.
*Not hearing from your husband for a week or two until his unit is finally settled in whatever God-forsaken location they are assigned to.
*Coming home and continuing with your everyday life, work, school, children, family, home, pets, vehicles and any other daily activity by yourself and not having the luxury of being able to talk to your spouse about it.
*Watching the news every day and seeing the politicians back home tie soldiers' hands by bringing political correctness into the battlefield.
*Getting a phone call mid-tour telling you your husband is OK but being medevac'd to Germany.
*Calling your husband's rear detachment and having them give you no further information about where your husband is or how badly he is hurt.
*Quitting the best job you ever had to pack up your stuff and move 18 hours back to the post he's assigned to so you can have a place before he gets there.
*Having to feed, bathe and care for your husband because he cannot use his arms.
*Listening to his guilt for not being able to come back with his unit.
*Knowing another deployment is just another year and a half away. Repeating this cycle two or three or for more times.
I've yet to see an Army wife "crack" and go on an "act of violence that is inexplicable."
Dai H. Salerno
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Been so long....
It's been so long since I have 'blogged' that I forgot I even had one. Apparently I started the other one with good intentions too and never got very far as I only see ONE posting. Oh well.
As I look back on that post and my profile it seems like it belongs to someone else. Army life, Jeremy deployed, Colorado.. was that really a part of me not so long ago? Crazy.
I guess the first step to getting back into... or uh STARTING... to blog would be to change my profile. Army wife no more...
As I look back on that post and my profile it seems like it belongs to someone else. Army life, Jeremy deployed, Colorado.. was that really a part of me not so long ago? Crazy.
I guess the first step to getting back into... or uh STARTING... to blog would be to change my profile. Army wife no more...
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