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Here’s a little ditty to sing your way through present-wrapping fundraisers, tree decorating, or when you need a humorous perspective about our unique and sometimes chaotic lifestyle:
On the first day of Christmas, my soldier gave to me…
A home in a foreign country.
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Oh my, oh dear! How can that be?
Another month has passed
I am not sure how this can be true,
It was just September and now it is not.
Oh my, oh my! How that month flew!
I miss you in the spaces.
When the world is still.
After the phone calls stop, errands end
And the day has had its fill.
I glide through the chaos
Through the noise
Every busy hour ’til
I miss you in the spaces
When the world is still.
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The oldest one got taller
While you’ve been away
She learned to count and say her prayers
She learned that life’s not always fair
That ugly things turn to butterflies
That even mommy sometimes cries
I am no Emily Dickinson. Definitely not even close to Robert Frost. And even though I might add a “-th” to random words and say “thou” or “thee” on occasion (just because I can), I will never be a great playwright or poet like William Shakespeare. Today, I would like to share what Christmas means to me by way of a milspouse poem. This won’t be winning any poetry awards anytime soon, but if I have fun writing it (and you get just a tiny bit of enjoyment out of reading it), then I vote yes.
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A blog post for the man who has relentlessly proclaimed he “only wants socks for Christmas.”
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Dedicated to all current, former, and future military spouses. We appreciate you. Hang in there; you can do this.
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There is something deep and powerful about sending a Daddy off to war.
There is something remarkable about children who are asked to do such enormous things, at such tender ages.
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Every military spouse knows hope. Formally defined, hope is the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one’s life and implies that the outcome is possible even when there is some evidence to the contrary. From PCS to deployments, funny moments to serious ones, hope is the epicenter of our military way of life.
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