I have to say that the TV show Army
Wives should not be aloud to be aired. Although it is a good drama it
is not true to what real life military family and friends go through
and face on a daily basis. I have said for years now TLC or some
other reality TV station should do a show called The Real Housewives of
the Military. I don't mean follow an officers life I mean follow enlisted families that have been in for 5+ years. The world should get to see what a REAL military
family goes through on a daily basis. Our lives are far from normal
and believe me when I say there is never a dull moment, because even
when you think your life is finally settling down and your can settle
into a “normal” routine, BANG, you just got hit with something
else.
Through this all I have had the
amazing blessing of meeting some of the best women God could have
ever dropped into my life. Melissa is one of the most loving,
caring and passionate people I have every meant. She will walk
through fire to help a friend in need if she has to and just about
nothing can keep her from being there for you if you need her. I am
so lucky and blessed to call her friend. Then there is Carla
she is a smart, funny, and amazingly strong women. She inspires me on
a daily basis to reach for my goals and for the goals I have for my
family. She is so supportive and always ready to help and encourage
me in everything I do and want to do. I am so happy that God dropped
her into my life right before I had to go through one of the hardest
things I would face and she was a blessing every moment I needed her.
These two amazing women I am honored to call friends, they are the
closest things I have to sisters. I know they are sisters to me
because we can disagree on things, get into knock out fights and be
separated by hundreds of miles and in the end we are still there for
one another. We are still encouraging and supporting each other
through all the ups and downs we go through as military wives.
Carla, Scott and Maggie
Melissa and David
It's been a little over a year since I
got separated from these ladies (my husband got orders to Camp
Pendleton, CA). Since then it seem like all our lives have been
twisted and turned upside down, all our husbands got deployed in that
time. Melissa stayed at Camp Lejeune, Carla and Maggie moved to FL
and stayed with her parents, and Amelia and I moved back to OH to be
close to my family. Carla has since moved backed to Camp Lejeune and
the girls and I are getting ready to move back to Camp Pendleton. Of
course it wouldn't be a true military life unless something was
happening. Well today Carla and her family got orders for Okinawa, in
JAPAN for a 3 year tour! I have to be honest I had a bunch of
different emotions flood over me at once. I was upset at first
because I am selfish and I don't want to, in a sense, lose my friend.
On the other hand I know this is our life and I'm happy and excited
for her and her family and everything they get to experience. I just
know that this is all in God's plan for them, and I just pray it's an
amazing blessing for them.
Carla, Me and Melissa
This was right before we were all separated.
So what is in store for us all next,
well I can't really say. I know what we would like to happen in our
lives and for each other. But only God knows what we need to happen
in our lives and he has our best interest in mind even if we can't
see it at first. I just pray that some day in the future we can all
be close to one another again and share in those amazing moments in
each other lives.
