03/23/2012
At the post I live at, a lot of soldiers stationed here came home from Iraq and those who didn't come home from Iraq are in Kuwait. What is bothering me is that everyone is acting like all of our soldiers are home. Well, they aren't. There are still a lot of soldiers in harms way, deployed to Afghanistan and some still in Kuwait away from their loved ones. There are still families without their soldiers and children missing their daddies/mommies. Support is still needed. I was happy to see that my children's schools are not cutting back their Club USA, a club for kids of deployed soldiers where they can talk about what is going on and get some coping techniques. They know that the need is less, but still there. Instead, to accommodate those kids whose parents just got back, they are starting up a reintegration part of the club. There they can talk about the stresses of having a parent come back from war versus having a parent currently in the war. I think it is a great thing.
It just bothers me when people look at me and ask why my husband is still gone. I tell them, as nicely as I can muster, that he is still deployed in Afghanistan. I tell them that not all the soldiers came home, that there are still soldiers deployed. I even inform them that not even all the soldiers who were in Iraq came home, some are still in Kuwait to finish their year-long tour. So, no, not everyone is home. Those who are still over there need our support, and those who are home need it too. I feel like we are starting to forget, we as a nation are starting to forget those who are over there, those who are home, those who served and are now civilians, those who were wounded, and most of all, those we lost in battle. Should we ever forget our military and those who laid down their lives for our freedoms, we will no longer be a free nation worth living in. So, tonight, whether you are associated with the military or not, remember all those who came before us, and those we currently have serving, as well as those who are to follow us. Remember their sacrifice, remember that they put their country before themselves. Support our troops currently over there, because your support helps them get through hell.
On the bright side, my mom and step-dad are coming to visit tomorrow and I am so excited. It has been almost a year and a half since we have seen them, and I have really missed them.
At the post I live at, a lot of soldiers stationed here came home from Iraq and those who didn't come home from Iraq are in Kuwait. What is bothering me is that everyone is acting like all of our soldiers are home. Well, they aren't. There are still a lot of soldiers in harms way, deployed to Afghanistan and some still in Kuwait away from their loved ones. There are still families without their soldiers and children missing their daddies/mommies. Support is still needed. I was happy to see that my children's schools are not cutting back their Club USA, a club for kids of deployed soldiers where they can talk about what is going on and get some coping techniques. They know that the need is less, but still there. Instead, to accommodate those kids whose parents just got back, they are starting up a reintegration part of the club. There they can talk about the stresses of having a parent come back from war versus having a parent currently in the war. I think it is a great thing.
It just bothers me when people look at me and ask why my husband is still gone. I tell them, as nicely as I can muster, that he is still deployed in Afghanistan. I tell them that not all the soldiers came home, that there are still soldiers deployed. I even inform them that not even all the soldiers who were in Iraq came home, some are still in Kuwait to finish their year-long tour. So, no, not everyone is home. Those who are still over there need our support, and those who are home need it too. I feel like we are starting to forget, we as a nation are starting to forget those who are over there, those who are home, those who served and are now civilians, those who were wounded, and most of all, those we lost in battle. Should we ever forget our military and those who laid down their lives for our freedoms, we will no longer be a free nation worth living in. So, tonight, whether you are associated with the military or not, remember all those who came before us, and those we currently have serving, as well as those who are to follow us. Remember their sacrifice, remember that they put their country before themselves. Support our troops currently over there, because your support helps them get through hell.
On the bright side, my mom and step-dad are coming to visit tomorrow and I am so excited. It has been almost a year and a half since we have seen them, and I have really missed them.
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