During this holiday season, I find myself thinking very often of the years when I was a Navy wife and my husband was overseas during the Christmas/New Year holiday season or when I was a child and my Dad was away during family celebrations. It was rough each and every time. It was always somewhat less than happy back then. It is in that spirit that I write tonight.
Remember them. While you celebrate your Christmas and New Year with friends and loved ones, remember those who serve and the families that will celebrate these holidays without their loved ones present. They serve so that you and I can celebrate the season in relative safety and freedom. Their families miss them as much as you or I miss loved ones who have passed away or those family members who live far away and cannot be home. Maybe even more so because military families in wartime never know for sure if they will see their loved one again. It's a tough life that servicemembers and their families live and few appreciate how hard it is for them. Remember them this holiday season.
Remember them. While you celebrate your Christmas and New Year with friends and loved ones, remember those who serve and the families that will celebrate these holidays without their loved ones present. They serve so that you and I can celebrate the season in relative safety and freedom. Their families miss them as much as you or I miss loved ones who have passed away or those family members who live far away and cannot be home. Maybe even more so because military families in wartime never know for sure if they will see their loved one again. It's a tough life that servicemembers and their families live and few appreciate how hard it is for them. Remember them this holiday season.
God bless them all -- those who serve and those who wait here at home; they are all angels in their own way. We are truly blessed by them all.
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