Military Man

    The red, white, and blue flying high in the bright blue sky. You kissed him goodbye for the last time. He was on his way to fly high in the sky in a military plane. You knew you would never see him again. He knew what you were thinking and he pretended to be strong, he knew just as much as you that this just might be the last time he ever looked into those beautiful big brown eyes and kissed you. He knew what he was getting himself into, he just didn't like to share his fear with you. As he began to walk away he looked back and saw a tear fall from you eye, he ran to you and kissed you for one last time. You both knew what he was doing and neither one of you wanted the other know just how much you feared that you would never see each other again. He had chosen to be a military man and you knew that when you married him. He knew all the pain you would go through and it almost killed him daily. He didn't understand how a sweet, innocent, beautiful young lady could marry someone she might never see after being married for only two months. He had almost given up his dream, but you knew what he was thinking and you didn't want to take away his dream. He left that day and you didn't see each other for ten months. He returned for a six week period of time and you both enjoyed that time together, laughing, smiling, and giggling together and having fun. The call came again for him to leave and this time it was for two years. He knew the call would come but he never imagined so soon. Life had taken a new turn once again. You knew what you had to do, you had to be strong for him and for yourself. This time your goodbye would be very different than the last. You had so much you wanted to tell him before he had to leave in two days. You were the wife of a military man, which meant you had to be strong no matter what life handed you. The two days went by so fast and there you were once again at the airport in the same place you were a year ago. He looked at you again and stroked your long brown curls and looked deep into your eyes and this time he knew the pain went so much deeper than the last. You looked into those baby blue eyes and knew exactly what he was thinking so you looked at him and said, "You are a military man and I knew that. So go do what you have to do and when you get back I'll be waiting for you." It was time to let go once again.

Solider's Wife

     The sun was beating down on your back, and there were people everywhere. You had a picnic all packed in a basket, blanket and all. The flag with the colors red, white, and blue was flying high the sky everywere you would look. Today was the day that you would celebrate your freedom. Some people called it the Fourth of July, you just called the day he might die. Your husband has been gone for two years. You had gone with him to the airport on the warm August day, he had looked at you with that gleam in his eyes. You looked at him and just smiled as he leaned down to kiss you for a final goodbye kiss. There was no way you could tell him what would be waiting for him when he finally came back, if he made it back at all. They had told you that today would be the day that he would come back. They never told you a time, they just said they would give you a call. As you walked in the park you were holding the small, still fragile hand of the two year old surprise that he would soon find. You have a son that you never got the chance to tell your husband about. Your younge son would soon see his daddy for the first time and see just how much they looked alike. You didn't know what he would say or what he would do, you just knew the way he would look at you. The two years of being so far away just waiting for the day when the call came. You prayed every day all day that you wouldn't get that call today. As the parade began and your son reached for some candy, you looked up to see who was at the front of the parade. You jumped with excitment and screamed and ran to meet him no matter what people would say. He had finally come home and he was finally safe, he could hold in his arms again tonight. He leaned down and gave you a kiss. Your son came running up to you yelling for you. As he reached you he looked up and saw his daddy and realized just who it was he started yelling, 'daddy, daddy!" you looked as his daddy and he looked at you. He picked up the younge little boy and hugged you. As you walked back to your seat reunited once again, you had the biggest grin. Your family meant the world to you and your freedom was because of what your family had been through.