First, I have to say this is my first time ever posting to a blog! When I received an invite and some suggested topics, one jumped out to me and God said to post it. You know you have to obey God!
We just went through our second deployment and as I prepared for this one I knew I needed more strength to get through it. We were looking at possibly 15-18 months and our first deployment had only been 6 months. As I began to seek God for direction in dealing with my emotions I really felt God speak to me about adjusting my attitude about the Guard. I had always seen my husbands attachment to the Guard as his other job, nothing more. It was his thing not mine. But God began a work in my attitude of accepting the title of Military Wife. It was MY job too! This was a life changing revelation for me. I accepted this new tour as our deployment not just my husbands. I gave him my utmost support and encouragement as the brave soldier that he is.
As our deployment began, I had strength and happiness that confused me at times. How could I possibly be happy with my husband gone? It was all from God and the positive outlook He gave me as a Soldier’s Wife. How proud I was and this new found joy in the Military life was dribbled down to my children. They never cried or had any “deployment issues”, I really feel this was because of how they saw me react.
To sum this blog up, I’ll say the one thing God taught me as a Military Wife was to understand that you are a Soldier too, it is your job as well as your husbands. It is your deployment as well as your husbands.

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