About military life .. not a blog. You don’t get rid of me so easily ๐
After 22 years, the pilot was officially withdrawn from the army! You can check Complete summary of fine flight and celebration here.
It’s been almost three weeks and I have a lot of emotions. I still feel like she’s currently on leave and I can’t really believe it’s actually over. It was such a dynamic lifestyle, filled with the highest heights (there is nothing similar to that honeymoon when they return!) And some low falls.
She is wild (and so grateful to all of you) that so much of you is almost all of our military life here! When we first moved to Valdost and launched a blog, we were a new wedding and I was brand new throughout this lifestyle.
Babies !!
Our military life was full of pure joy, such as returning to the schedule and entertaining events of squadrons, but also sadness, fear and worry.
– The amazing feeling when he hugged me for the first time after each deployment.
– When he hadn’t been to him for a long time, then he felt like a stranger.
– Entertainment events of squadrons and late nights drinking wine and talking to ladies.
– Talking to him on the phone while he was deployed, but hearing warnings about the attack of rockets in the background. (It was the voice of a woman with a British accent who said, “A rocket attack. A rocket attack.”)
– Careful packaging and dispatch of care packages, so excited to check the mail and nurture manuscripts and cards.
– Finding out that his plane was showering with bullets during a certain flight abroad.
When I first met the pilot, I asked him how often he had to disappear and if he had ever had to schedule. He told me that there would probably not be much at all, and he probably won’t have to schedule. (All my army friends can laugh here.) Six months later he was stationed in North Carolina, and was first deployed within a year. He ended up with a schedule four times.
Military life is constantly flexible for unknowns and inherently a rigid lifestyle. One of the hardest lessons for me was that the army was always the first, no matter what was happening.
There are many things that I can’t help, but something that will be scored in my mind was when I had a hand surgery (so one hand was in a sting), a preschooler and a newborn with a strong reflux, and has been tdy for over a week .
So many times I felt like the end would never be here, and I joked that he would pull me to the goal, a relaxed bag. She made a bag!
Sometimes we hear, “You know what you went into” when a military wife talks about her fights. For this reason, we often be ashamed to talk about difficult parts. You are expected to keep a smile on your face, focus on all the benefits of military life and go with him. Although I am a great believer to be as positive as possible, it is also okay to look around and be like, “This is a crazy difficult.”
I smiled (mostly lol), supported the love of my life, hosted and attended parties, went to important events, kept the fort during scheduled, long hours and TDYS, and put his heart and put his heart and soul to maximize us This is for the sake of children. I was honest when I had a difficult day here and there, but I didn’t want to know how much I dried up. He was commander for three years and did an incredible job, but it was difficult in our marriage and family.
You can love your husband Fierecly, you can be proud of him, you can love and support our army … and not * love * everything about your military wife. You can absolutely do best things, not necessarily enjoy every aspect of it. If you feel like just struggling to go through it and sometimes just play a role, it’s okay to feel so. I just wanted to send my love to my fellow military women who hold her down. If you feel like you will never reach the goal, you will. You’re incredibly strong – keep yourself there.
Many things can be true at once: you can look back with sadness, affection, tired, joy and gratitude, at the same time.
Small Note A-10 Aka Pilot Girl:
โThank you for your ability to help support our country
โThanks for the fun memories
– Thank you for the opportunity to make so many children’s meals – one of my favorite things about this whole experience
– Thanks for incredible health insurance. Some people have mixed experiences but have nothing but wonderful things to say about Tricare
โThank you for your military friends who have become like family
โThank you thank you thank you for surely brought it home
She made a great care of him and always brought him home. Over 3400 hours in the pilot cabin of this beauty, and although I will not necessarily miss the lifestyle, I will miss the joy that the pilot received from the flying of A-10, his friendships with Brosi and be there to cheer up his achievements. I am so proud of everything he has done in the last 19 years that I have known him (just under 22 years in the Air Force).
I definitely look forward to enjoying the pilot in a long, much needed vacation and then returns to the commercial airline.
Thank you for being there for us during the bend and turning this crazy military life. As we turn the page, I look forward to Chapter 2 ๐
xoxo
Gina
