Wow 17 Days...

Hello, and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Surprisingly,I had a great weekend. My In-Laws were in town for a couple days and we enjoyed their visit with a trip to NN Park to feed all the wildlife and they LOVED it! Sunday we went to Virginia Beach, had to keep up with our weekly tradition of beach time! J's Sis was there and so we got to catch up with her and her Lil family, as it had been over a year since we got that chance. After spending the majority of the day there, blistered (sun-burn) we headed home to spend our last night together before J had to return to base and his parents swept my Lil Katiebug to Georgia for 3 weeks. Lil JJ wasn't having it he didn't even ask to go. Everyone says he's a Mama's Boy; and right now that's OK with me!

J and his Sis



Beach Bums!!!



Sooooo, YES I said it... 17 short days and we will be on our journey to Ft. Campbell. The closer it gets the more ecstatic I get! I found out we are number 42 of 66 on the waiting list for Housing. Like I said, I know it could be worse so I am counting my blessings and getting started on the details of the trip. Hopefully you can follow us on this PCS and enjoy the musings and misadventures of this experience! Army Life isn't always easy but I do have to say that in very different ways it is an essential tool in our lives. I feel it has meen instrumental in helping our children be more social and J's and my relationship has flourished in some of the best ways. I am sure I will have my days but today... is justified!




I also wanted to give all my new followers a big Welcome, I want you all to know how important this blog and your input is to me! I am fairly new to this whole thing and along the way have found some incredible blogs to follow that I feel like I could learn so much from! So Today, here is to our Futures may they have so much more to give and learn from. THANK YOU ALL FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART!!! ((((HUGS))))




One more thing, this blog A little Pink in a world of Camo has captivated me, and made me feel so much more aware of all the things we all take for granted on a daily basis! Her strength and courage are a force to be reckoned with. She amazes me every time I read a new entry. Bless her, for letting us in to see and feel the rawness of having lost the Love of her life and the father of her precious child for the sake and safety of our country!The ultimate Sacrifice.

The 1st week of "The power of a Praying Wife" BY Stormie O'Martian

Well its ALMOST payday!!! Geez these weeks seem to drag when its time to get paid! Oh well I got a little accomplished today. As much as I can do when we are out of completely everything, dish detergent, laundry det. etc. Just one of those days.

I am just now getting the hang of this whole blogger thing, and I am loving following and reading all the blogs. This is such a constructive way to relate with other mil-spouses! Something amazes me, when I can read other blogs and feel like I have been or can be in their same exact predicament! I love that we can be so connected yet so far apart at the same time!



Well 31 days until our big PCS yes, I said the dreaded letters. Ft. Campbell ready or not here we come. like I said before I am so overwhelmed because in a month we will move to a new place, we still have yet to find a place to live. I applied for base housing but in order to do it from another state we have to fax or scan DD forms, LES'S, and birth certificate's etc. I am sure you more seasoned Mil-Spouses know all about this process. There is something so uneasy about the unknown. I will overcome and accomplish what is necessary. Gee cant help but to think this would be so much easier if I had my husband to help me. I know that this AIT is almost over and we will be together for a while, before he Deploys... UGHHHH I hate that we have already been apart for a year (not completely apart) but we get a few months together before he is actually gone for a year! I love to hate or hate to love ARMY life! I know that by the sacrifices we make now will pay for the future we so badly want for our children, but at the same time its a double standard with me because now my daughter (6 years old) is telling me she wants to be a strong Army girl. I know right Bless her heart but correct me if I'm wrong... aren't we doing this so she wont have to? I mean don't get me wrong we LOVE our country, but I don't want to sacrifice my children too!!! Anyways, I am trying to deal with this all to the best of my ability... which is not adding up in my book... but I GOT THIS.


So, I started this bible study, I have done it once before... but our trials at that time were night and day to our current situation. Today I learned that as his wife I must Humbly, willingly, DIE to self. Though this may be painful it is completely necessary in order for my life to progress instead of regress.

Matthew 10:39 says;
"He who looses his-self for my sake will find his life."

This is my prayer...
Lord,
give me a new clean heart and right spirit before you. Give me a new joyful, loving attitude and Lord when I start to doubt this remind me to SHUT UP , AND PRAY!

I have found that I often sabotage my own prayers but not praying from a "right" heart. If my heart harbors resentment and bitterness, than that is what will come from my mouth.My heart needs to be clean so my prayers for my husband aren't compromised. I need to pray in regards to how God See's it not how I think it should be!
Psalm 66:18

"My sin separates me from him."

I am about to embark on many new journeys, I am proud of the life we are building for our children and ourselves. Although there are many unknowns, they merly exist because I am sure of the one thing that makes sense : He will never leave you or forsake you!

Today and everyday We Honor Our Fallen!!!

So we know we are PCS'ing to Ft Campbell in Aug. and for the most part I am overwhelmed with excitement! So in finding out all the information I can about our new home, I am doing my research on the area and seeing if I can find out more about the unit, and mostly meeting wives there who are more "seasoned" so to speak as far as them being there and knowing the ropes. About 98% OF the wives I have spoken to; their husbands are Deployed.

In knowing this was part of the lifestyle we chose in order for our kids to have the future we so much desire for them to have, I am as adjusted to the inevitable as much as possible at this moment. With AIT wearing me thin I have started to question my motives for being here... until today when the powerful, heart-stopping reality smacked me in the face harder than a closed sliding-glass door.

That OUR men, (sons, husbands, brothers, fiances etc.) are paying the ultimate sacrifices... THEIR LIVES for a selfish American nation that wouldn't even think twice for laying their remotes down for a M4. Our loved ones are out there fighting for the freedom that isn't so free after all.




So in honor of just a few of our men today, I have to say that The Screaming Eagles, Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. lost five brave Soldiers June 7, when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the Dangam district, Kunar province, Afghanistan.



These men paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country the least we can do is honor and remember them. They have left wives, children, and parents behind that will forever be impacted by the selflessness that took the lives of they're loves ones.

Just the other day a man was telling me his son was joining the Army to become Infantry.
I said "Wow, you say it like you encouraged it"... he said "Yes, actually I do!"
"May I ask why" ?
He said this.." because at least I know he is fighting for some kind of greater good, even if we don't know what that is yet". Uhh umm I was choking up a little only for the known fact I would never be so nonchalant about my child dying especially for a mostly ungrateful nation...

If in any way someone was offended reading this let me clear something up. For the most part I am generally speaking about our country and the rat race where people are more interested in football games, Starbucks and fashion , just to name a few. When, if.. 1/3 of that energy was put into the welfare and concern for our family's sarcificeing their sanity, time, marriages Mommy's, dads etc. this nation would be something to be somewhat proud of. Our Armed forces are what makes us a nation and it seems like that image would warrant some appreciation!!!