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It’s always difficult to know what to expect when your spouse is deployed, especially the first time. Not only are deployments rough, but having a deployment, and then COVID-19 happening is a whole other ballgame.
That is exactly what happened to Aleiah and Chris on their first deployment.
What was supposed to be a nine month, standard deployment turned into a full year once coronavirus hit. Can we talk about making a difficult thing even more difficult?
As I am typing this I am thinking of my husband who is currently deployed to Qatar. It was a last minute, unexpected “adventure” that we had not planned on for this year, but we are still very thankful that it is not as bad as it could be. We had a month to prepare (which is more than some), and quickly had to change our ideas of what the rest of the year would look like.
I say these things because I remember a day when I was not a military spouse.
I had NO idea what military life looked like. It honestly rarely crossed my mind.
Once I became a military wife, though, I quickly realized that it is no small task to stay stateside while your person is on the other side of the globe.
To not know where you will be in a year.
Or where you will spend the holidays.
Or when you will be able to see your family again.
I’m not going to lie, it is HARD. And these are just a couple of examples that are not including the thousands of other families who have their own experiences.
Even though this life can be difficult, there are also so many rewards in this organization. I have met so many wonderful people from the military that I otherwise would have never crossed paths with. For that alone, I would never change our experiences.
So even though I miss my husband like crazy right now, I know it will just make it that much sweeter when he comes home.