The Military Wife Prayer

February 17, 2012 By Marie in Air Force, Army, Author:Marie, Carrier, Coast Gaurd, Deployment, Diver, Everyday Life, Family, Fast Attack, Holidays, Marines, Military, Military Kids, Military Wife, SSBN, SSGN, Submarine, Surface Ship 3 Comments

I needed this today as I pulled out my Christmas decorations knowing that I would be without him.

I’m sure there is a spouse that needs it as much as I do right now.

A Military Wife’s Prayer
Author Unknown

Give me greatness of heart to see,
The difference between duty and his love for me.

Give me understanding so that I may know,
When duty calls him, he must go.

Give me a task to do each day,
To fill the time while he is away.

When he’s in a foreign land,
Keep him safe in your loving hand.

And Lord, when duty is in the field,
Please protect him and be his shield.

And Lord, when deployment is so long,
Please stay with me and keep me strong.

Where did the time go?

January 4, 2009 By Marie in Air Force, Army, Author:Marie, Coast Gaurd, Family, Holidays, Marines, Military 4 Comments

Wow. I can’t believe it’s 2009. With the husband deployed over half of 2008, it went by faster than it should. Which is good during a deployment, but when I looked at my children today and realized how big they are getting it was a bitter sweet feeling. When we are missing our spouses, we want the time to go by as quickly as possible. We’d be OK with blinking and months passing by. I guess it’s a fine line of wanting to be with our loved ones, but living a full life. Sometimes we are in such a rush that we forget that we won’t get this time back. One day, I am going to wake up and my kids will be grown and gone. I have a feeling that I will regret the thoughts of wanting the days to be shorter. It’s hard. I want my husband home, but at the same time I don’t want my life to pass me by. I guess the only way to deal with both is to take it one day at a time. Don’t look at it as weeks or months. They will go by without you counting them. Just live each day to it’s fullest. Which is hard for a wife thinking, “The faster I go to bed, the faster tomorrow comes.” Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

November 27, 2008 By Marie in Air Force, Army, Author:Marie, Carrier, Coast Gaurd, Deployment, Diver, Family, Fast Attack, Friendship, Holidays, Kids, Marines, Military, Military Kids, Military Wife, SSBN, SSGN, Submarine, Surface Ship 2 Comments

It’s 6AM Thanksgiving morning and the 24lb turkey is in the oven! I did the touch down hand signals once it was in and cooking. Normally I take pictures of my turkey conquest, this year, Tom the Turkey ate a little too much grain and was a handful!! I do have to say that my hands are super soft after T.T.T (Tom The Turkey) got his olive oil rub down. I threw all my favorite spices together and put T.T.T in an oven bag. Let’s all take a moment of silence to say a prayer that T.T.T turns out well. Ok, so I don’t want “well”, I want freakin awesome! I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!

I wish there were pictures of me shaking the flour around in the oven bag. . .I didn’t hold it closed tight enough and I was quickly covered in a fine mist of flour. Ahhh, a moment my husband lives for. He would get that smirk and kiss my fore head. I’m sure it would be merely for the fact that he is entertained every day in our marriage by my grace. Sigh. : ) Continue reading →

Uh huh. . .

November 20, 2008 By Marie in Air Force, Army, Author:Marie, Beauty, Carrier, Coast Gaurd, Deployment, Diver, Everyday Life, Family, Fast Attack, Holidays, Homecoming, Humor, Marines, Military, Military Kids, Military Wife, SSBN, SSGN, Submarine 2 Comments

From Wikipedia:

The word “Deployment” isn’t any where in here!? But it did originate at a MILITARY BASE! I knew it!! : )

Murphy’s law is a popular adage in Western culture that most likely originated at Edwards Air Force Base in 1948. The Law broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. “If there’s more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way.” It is most often cited as “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong” (or, alternately, “Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time,” or, “Anything that can go wrong, will”).

Happy Veteran’s Day

November 11, 2008 By Marie in Air Force, Army, Author:Marie, Beauty, Carrier, Coast Gaurd, Deployment, Diver, Everyday Life, Family, Fast Attack, Fitness, Friendship, Health, Holidays, Homecoming, In-Laws, Kids, Marines, Military, Military Kids, Military Wife, News, Pets, Politics, SSBN, SSGN, Submarine, Surface Ship, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Thank you to all the men and women that have served and are currently serving our country.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. And if you haven’t thanked someone today, I encourage you to reach out and do so. It doesn’t have to be holiday to recognize such bravery and heroism.