remember

As military wives it can get hard for us not to judge. It gets so easy to forget how to show compassion.  We  have all been in a spot in our military life were we got angry when we should be showing compassion.  Your husband is deployed. It has been 6 months since you have seen or kissed him. 2 months since you saw his face for more then 5 min without the net crapping out and 2 weeks since you have heard from him at all. You log into your facebook and see one friend back home crying cuz her boy friend is goin to move 45 min down the road. You see a friend who is married to the air force bitching about her airman's 4 month deployment. You see a newer army wife whining cuz her husband is going on a 14 day tdy to MO.  In the mid of deployment your self you just want to yell at all these gurls to stop crying cuz they got it easy. But before you do stop and think. Chances are once in your life you were heartbroken your bf was goin to a diff school in the next county. You were prop very sad when your husband went on tdy and you had to live without him for 2 weeks. These lil separations broke our hearts before we lived a deployment. Stead of blowing up with a OH YOU THINK THAT'S SO BAD I'M.......... stop and remember what it was like before the army and  how a week apart hurt so badly. Comfort you friends dont push them away. yes there loved one may only be gone for a weekend 2 weeks or couple months but there are lessons you have learned surviving a deployment you can share with them to help ease the pain of being apart. BEING AWAY FROM THE ONE YOU LOVE HURTS NO MATTER WHY HOW LONG OR FOR WHAT REASON.