That David of Thunder Run mentioned here today.
I stand beside Army wife and author Lily Burana on this.
And I love this paragraph. It's my mom, and my wife. And Cassandra, and Greta, and Cricket, and Carrie, and Sarah, and... well the list is endless, really. And I can't leave out Maggie, and Fuzzybee, and Maryann, either.
They also serve, who stand and wait.
I stand beside Army wife and author Lily Burana on this.
And I love this paragraph. It's my mom, and my wife. And Cassandra, and Greta, and Cricket, and Carrie, and Sarah, and... well the list is endless, really. And I can't leave out Maggie, and Fuzzybee, and Maryann, either.
One acquaintance, favoring privacy, said that if the worst were to happen to her husband and someone wielding a camera dared to elbow in on her family's grief, she'd "open up a can of Army wife whoop-ass." The image of the modern military spouse is half-frontier wife, half-Care Bear -- by turns stoically able and cooingly comforting. But when it comes to acting on behalf of our kin and the larger military family, make no mistake: Wives are warriors too.
They also serve, who stand and wait.
Thanks for the kind words. In my case they're undeserved, but nonetheless appreciated.
8^ )
Dover will not affect individual families so much as those who currently are involved at Dover (or will be).
Her premise is that a government policy can't cover all the contingencies of what a particular service member's family would want. She's right. Mil-spouses come in every possible stripe.
But that's not what Dover is about.
Personally I think the media is framing the discussion this way on purpose. If you ask the people who are really affected.....they want it left alone.
I'm not deserving of such praise but I have seen so many spouses who most definitely are.
Carrie - you *so* don't get to make that determination.
The external actors do.
This is a People's Choice award, so there.
So, as I said to Cassie - Pish tosh, womyn!