Memorial Day 2013
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. -- Ronald Reagan As a military spouse I know many spouses who have had friends' husbands pay the ultimate price for our great Nation, but I have not held a friend tight in my own arms who has lost her husband... My heart selfishly hopes I never have to experience those emotions with a close friend. But when you can't imagine your husband doing anything but serving our Nation...well, you get the idea. As Memorial Day Weekend drew near this year I began to realize it felt different. The excitement of a four day weekend with my husband home wasn't as exciting as I gradually recollected where I was this time last year and the emotions I was feeling or trying not to feel... The first picture I saw of my husband after he deployed! I cried. My husband was deployed to Afghanistan the majority of last year. It was our first deployment. Many of my seasoned military spouse friend