Not everyone is made to be a military wife, it takes a special type of person to be a spouse of a Military Memeber (MM).You have to be independent, trusting, supportive, willing to change your life at the drop of a hat, and give up control for as long as your MM serves. We have no control over when our loved one will be home, or even where our home will be. But Home is where our MM is and I love being married to my MM and am built for this lifestyle. I believe that wives serve in something called silent ranks, I did not come up with that term but I do believe it to be true. I first discovered this term from a poem by a unknown author
I wear no uniforms, no blues or army greens.
But I am in the military in the ranks rarely seen.
I have no rank upon my shoulders, salutes I do not give.
But the military world is the place where I live.
I'm not in the chain of command, orders I do not get.
But my husband is the one who does, this I cannot forget.
I'm not the one who fires the weapon, who puts my life on the line.
But my job is just as tough. I'm the one that's left behind.
My husband is a patriot, a brave and prideful man,
And the call to serve his country, not all can understand.
Behind the lines I see the things needed to keep this country free.
My husband makes the sacrifice, but so do our kids and me.
I love the man I married. Patriotism is his life.
But I stand among the silent ranks known as the military wife.
I believe that not all women are made for this lifestyle and that is not something that should be entered into without consideration. With a military lifestyle you must be prepared for inconsistency and that inconsistency is the only constant in this life. For this lifestyle I was born and bred, and I fully accept my responsibility and duty in the silent ranks.
