I missed the anniversary of his death, but I wanted to tell you about this man.  Major Edward J Murphy was killed on April 6, 2005 in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.  He is survived by his wife, Barclay, her daughter(10), their young son (3) and another son from a previous marriage.  Ed was a…

The kids are the silent victims in this war.  I hesitate to use that word, but that’s the only word I could think of.  I’m not talking about the kids in Iraq.  I’m talking about the children of military men and women who have to say good-bye to their parent.  This isn’t a post about…

After 14 years of being with a military man–2 years dating, 12 years married, you would think I would not get sucked in.  I’m about to go on a rant so stop reading if you don’t want to hear it. The Personnel Guy (PG), last January-February, told my husband that he would be able to…

He’s home safe and sound.

Please bear with me as I grieve.  I don’t think I can make it to the funeral and it’s sunk me pretty low.  Too many forces are against me and I think God is telling me something.  I feel this need to talk about this friend of mine.  I tend to be very stoic so…

We met while my husband was stationed at Fort Bragg.  He and my husband were assigned to the same unit and became fast friends.  He had quick wit and kept me laughing all the time.  He had a generous spirit.  He was what I called a closet softie.  He was all bark and no bite. …

One team is big name.  One is not.  The players on one team have their names on the jerseys while the other does not.  One team has players who will most definitely deploy to war zones within a year or two.  The may have some who will. The West Point Cadets are playing the Texas…

How did these wives do it?  How in the days when the only means of communication was letters (handwritten/typed) did they do it?  How did these women have the strength to go on?  The worry nags at me all day when I don’t hear from Papa.  I shouldn’t be too worried, but I do.  I…

In my previous post I alluded to the wait time at the military pharmacy.  It can be awful.  I know that other places can take a long time to fill the order, but you can drop off the prescription (drive-thrus in some places) and then go back.  This is how the pharmacy is run.  After…

Lissa at The Lilting House asked how we military wives opened hard to open lids without our husbands home.  She received quite a few answers.  I mostly bang on the lid with a knife and it loosens it somehow.  This post made me think of what I miss having my husband gone besides the normal…