Today Camo Kisses a Sisterhood is putting on an event called Operation Sweetheart. This is for anyone who is involved with a soldier in anyway to show their support by wearing yellow and drawing a heart on their hand with "love" if their s.o. is home or in another state. "Pray" if their S.O. is deployed "hope" if their s.o. is getting ready to deploy. "Peace" if their S.O. is in heaven and "honor" if they are a veteran.
Justin is in the army and stationed in North Carolina. The separation is hard and I miss him daily but today, participating in this makes me miss him just that much more. I am not a mother or a wife, I do not have children who miss him. There is just me and those who know him. Days like this are hard and sometimes I just want to cry out of frustration because I don't get to see him everyday. I am easily irritated by people I know who complain about going a week or two without seeing the one they love. I know it can't be easy for them, but it can in no way be as hard as going months on end without seeing them. Or a year. Or making it through a deployment to Iraq. I'm not saying my relationship is better or worse than those peoples, it is just different. I am one of the lucky ones, I am blessed being able to talk to Justin every night. To hear his voice and receive comfort from his words. But I have friends who are married or engaged and separated from their love right now. They cling to their phones and check their e-mails too many times a day to count. I know how they feel, I remember doing the same thing when Justin was deployed. I wish I could make their suffering easier but I know it is just something that they have to go through and that I will someday have to go through again.
This post is dedicated to all the family's in the military affected by a deployment or separation, or even to those that are together at this moment. It isn't easy being a soldier, and It isn't easy for their families and friends who support them when they are gone. This post isn't dedicated to just the soldiers, but also to the wives, mothers, children, girlfriends, fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents who are all affected by the military life. Thank you soldiers, for your service to our country and for keeping us safe. I am deprived from my love for the freedom of the country but I am proud to stand by my soldier and support him.
I love you Justin, I miss you so much, and I wish I could be with you. But until we are together again, I am supporting and loving you with all my heart. Be safe, and take care of yourself.
Love,
A Military Girlfriend
