For the wives who stand by...

My graphic, please feel free to use it!

I hold this poem very near and dear to my heart and to all of the women out there who have stood by their husbands sides through deployments, and moves and every other seemingly unrealistic expectation...YOU are just as important this Memorial Day as out husbands! You have sacrificed and held a position very few will ever truly understand or respect as deserved, but I do! And this is for you!

The Marine Corps Wife

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.

Anonymous

Thank you! You are NEVER forgotten! What would they do without us?!