First, lets start with an introduction. My name is Chrissy, I am an Army wife and mother of 3 children. Two girls and a boy, ages 2,4, and 6. My husband is on his 3rd deployment, currently to Afghanistan.
Army life is not what you watch on television or old movies. We don't all sit around and hold hands, get excited about the upcoming FRG meetings, go to regular coffee/tea socials, or wear fancy ballgowns once a week. When we fight with our soldiers, they don't come into our work, sweep us off our feet and carry us out with beautiful background music.
Being an Army wife is hard, dirty and complicated. But do not take my statement as a need for sympathy.
We knew the life we married into, and we did it willfully. You'll see as we go on, exactly what I mean by this.
Now, to lump all Army wives into one, is impossible. We are nothing alike, if anything, our indifference is what bonds us. We live a life, no one can understand unless you've been a part of it.
I don't believe its more difficult, than a civilian life, if you have the right mindset. I don't believe in the "I don't know how you do it, you must be so strong" approach. Again, we knew what we married. We don't need pity.
Reminding us how much our life sucks, really doesn't help.
We say goodbye to our husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, children on a regular basis. If we haven't gotten good at it by now, we probably don't have much hope.
Now this is the background of my ideals. I'll be the first one to tell you, I am rarely this serious. But I feel it is necessary info. to know where I am coming from.
As the days go on, I plan to give you a more indepth, mostly comical approach to Army Life. I am far from Politically Correct. I am what you call an "Equal Opportunity Bigot". I dislike everyone equally.
Stay tuned....more to come!
Hello Chrissy.
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