Silver lining

Lately it seems Ive been making a lot of the proverbial "lemonade". We've had a rough year, no doubt about it, but there's something about our army life that always brings the important things right back into view. Deployment, army life, army wife......Only an army wife can find the silver lining, and then weave into a beautiful work of art. Deployment when you talk to civilians, if that's family, friends, or just random people they all wince at the mere mention of a deployment, and begin dreading it for me months in advance. But another army wife, she knows exactly how to put into perspective. There were no questions about how long he'll be there, if I will get to talk to him, will he have to go again, or are you scared. Just a nod and a smile, because she knows, she's been there, or she is there right now. In an instant army girlfriends share a bond, a sisterhood bound by trials and separation. If I say something one of them has an answer to my question or a simple I know how to find out. I have done a lot on my own lately that I would have never dreamed I would do. I have saved a lot, cut a lot of corners, and put myself in places I never thought I would go or be. So for that I just want to thank my army girls, I want to thank my husband for showing me "WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH ANYTHING" and everyone out there that has made this last month and 11 days easier on my kids and I. Bookmarked <3