You Need Love (And a Whole Lot More)
I’m as big a fan of The Beatles as any, but as of late, I find myself wondering if the Fab Four ever met a real life military family before writing that all too popular tune!
Love is all you need.
Well sure, love is a mighty important part of keeping a relationship afloat, but as a military spouse, you need a whole lot more than just love to keep the sub from sinking.
Certainly take those five words as a great base stock to the recipe, but here are a few others I think we all agree can be added to the mix. All You Need Is Love; and…
Patience: To wait out those ever-late PCS orders and long deployments
Understanding: To know that your service member has very little say over what they will be asked to do
Strength: To face much of life on our own during trainings and tours of duty
Kindness: To connect with and help your fellow military spouses through hard times
Humility: To know that your service member’s first priority is serving their country, even if that means you rank second
Drive: To do the job for two, even though you are only one
Sensibility: To go with the flow
Resourcefulness: To fix what that flow has broken
Faith: To ensure that they will come home each day unharmed
Bravery: To answer all of the questions you’ll undoubtedly receive from the outside world with your head held high
Pride: To let your service member know how much you value their sacrifice for country and family
Fortitude: To keep on loving
You need love, and a whole lot more, to make this military spouse life all that it can be, but take it from those shaggy haired 1960s blokes: “There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done… nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. It’s easy!”
