I miss my home and
family. I realize more and more how important they are. I owe a special person
some over-due recognition. She has sacrificed and coped with much frustration
without complaint or a second thought. She has moved thousands of miles from
home to strange countries and managed to ensure that our house always felt
like home. She has crammed four sometimes cranky people into a tiny hotel room
for a month at a time until we could find suitable housing, improvising
because our personal belongings were still in shipment. She has been a single
parent while I attended schools to further my career, and she sacrificed
countless high-paying jobs as we were again uprooted to satisfy the needs of
the military.
During my years away,
I have realized how important she has been to everything I have accomplished.
While I have been furthering my career and serving my country, she has been
raising our children, paying our bills, taking care of our home, managing our
bank accounts, and holding down a full-time job.
This person is my wife. She has been
through it all -- the disappointment, the frustration, the aggravation, and
the happiness. Whenever I needed her, she was there. She is the best partner a
man could ask for, and I am honoured that she is mine.
I want to say to my
wife, "I love you. You are the one who deserves the praise and the glory.
I can't begin to measure how important you are. You are the glue that has held
our family together."
Please, Abby, print this letter. Let all
military spouses, especially my wife, know how important they are to the men
and women who serve in the interests of peace overseas.
~~ Grateful Military Husband