Long distance love Civilian vs. Military

So Today I was thinking about how we have spent more than half our relationship apart for one reason or another. Sometimes it was training in a different state or country, me going out of state, or deployment. Yet even with the months and months apart we are stronger than ever. I've had so many "civilian" friends ask me how do you do it? And I don't really know how to answer that, I mean we just do, maybe its because we don't have a choice. The military decides how often we get to see each other and there really isn't anything we can do about it except to accept it and try and make the best of it. Maybe that is what sets military relationships apart from "regular" long distance relationships we are not given the option to be closer to our loved one a lot of the times, and if we were we'd all be on the first plane out to the sandbox or where ever they might be.  Knowing we have a limited time together makes each moment that much more special, and I think that is what keeps us all going... that feeling you get when you're finally together again.

                                         

                                    picture from Tumblr

Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful time with Family and Friends today. Holidays are always hard with Brett being so far away, but I always try and make the best of them.  Fortunately for me I have a big family that always keeps me busy during the holidays.  Spending holidays, Birthdays and anniversaries apart will never get easier, but I think I'm starting to get used to it ... sort of. I always try and make sure that my care packages are extra special for the holidays. For Easter I filled the care package with camouflage easter eggs found at Walmart for only a $1.50, and lots of candy and treats for Brett to share with his buddies.

Happy Easter <3

Another holiday down & another day closer to being together again

First post :)

I made this blog a few weeks ago with the best intentions of actually blogging about life as a Marine spouse... better late then never though right :)

So I figured I'll start my page with a little introduction, because I'm sure you are all wondering how I became a military wife and what made me want to start blogging.

My husband and I met at a waterfall in Hawaii, romantic I know ;) just kidding I was in a bikini covered in mud and bug bites  .... oh wait now that I think about it he probably liked that( minus the bug bites haha). Okay anyways so we hit it off instantly and ending up talking the entire hike back and hung out that night too, and we have been together ever since. Fast forward to Last August when we decided to get married and here I am an official Marine wife going through our first deployment.  It still boggles my mind at how much my life has changed since getting married, especially to someone in the military. I went from 18 year old care free college student to wife, to wife waiting for her husband to return from Afghanistan. I spent my 19th birthday packing up our  Apartment and helping my husband organize his gear for pre deployment training. Not exactly how I imagined my life, but I can honestly say I am enjoying my new life more and more each day. I'd like to think that for being a young military wife( like many of us are) that I am doing pretty good and handling deployment way better than I expected. I'm hoping that this blog will give other young wives support and guidance to get through the tough times and  long lonely nights with out our men.
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Goals for the blog:

1. Links to different Military spouse support sites
2. quotes and other inspirational things
3. Acronym cheat sheet ... because we all find our selves wondering what the heck our men are talking about sometimes
4. Places that offer military discount
5. Blog lust ... links to my favorite blogs
6. care package ideas / tips
7. cheap date ideas for when my husband isn't 7,000 + miles away