The Cost of Service

Do you think its only the soldiers that suffer when they go off to war? Well think again, and read this post by an Air Force Wife preparing to send her husband off on deployment.

Stage One
I seriously think that most, if not all, military wives labor under a case of situation induced Bi-Polar Disorder. I know that I do.

For example, at this moment I am currently undergoing a "maudlin" period. In other words, I'm down. Not depressed, although I know that in true Bi-Polar "ness" it would be depression. I think, though, that I might be depressing to other people; but I'm not actually depressed myself. Just introspective. And retrospective.

It happens every time we get close to a long deployment for hubby. I remember the little rituals we have that are so dear to me. I think about the long stretch ahead and what I will need to do to deal with it. I try to catalog certain things like the way hubby smells, and they way his whiskers feel first thing in the morning.

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The cost of service is a great one and our Military Families pay a price higher than anyone out there. If you think Freedom is free, think again. This Air Force Wife knows exactly what freedom costs and she accepts that price even though she wishes it didn't have to be paid.