I received this information through my FRG and I figured that it was important enough to share. So if you have a deployed service member or you know someone who does, pass this info on... it could help them!

*hugs*   J  
aka... "Momma Doc"

"Ride On Cav"

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We Serve Too!

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For years now
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The list lies there on the bed waiting to be checked.
The drawers open;
I hear you count what you will need.

The rucksack, duffle, and kit bags wait to be packed.
The fabric swishes as your uniforms are stuffed in tight;
I hear the padlock click.

The legal documents are all prepared in the event they are needed.
The phone rings;
I hear you confirm the ( Read more... )

Your boots are no longer by the door,
     Your beret is not on its hook,
          Your space in the bed is cool and empty, 
I miss you.

You car sits abandoned,
     Your tools are left unused,
          Your books await a good read,
               And the dogs wait for you patiently,
They miss you.

My heart is missing a piece,
     Our son is ( Read more... )

When to UU services today and poly_good_girl spoke upon marriage. Some of the quotes and passages really hit home for me. Afterwards she mentioned that she was tempted to include my marriage in on the sermon but was afraid I might still be too raw... I was honored. Thinking about it then and now I probably could have spoke with great pride and calm since our ( Read more... )

A sad part of a deployment or PCS is saying goodbye, or at least "see you later." I have always said that we're born to our blood families but we choose our extended family. It's these friends, neighbors, and co-workers who make military life bearable. So it is important these essential family members are not forgotten when it is time for ( Read more... )

Writing has always been an outlet for me; weather it is on a scrap of paper that I eventually throw away, a blurb in one of my scrapbooks, or an entry into my LJ, writing gives me a way to work out all images and feeling that flood my brain.

I’ve been asked by many of my peers…
                         “How do you do it?”
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