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From: Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Subject: Chicken Soup: The Unseen Veteran
The Unseen Veteran
By Amanda Legg
To understand military life, or what it feels like to be the proud
wife of a soldier, you need to experience it.
One day he was here and now he is gone. . . He isn't beside me in
bed. . . . His scent slowly fades, as does the memory of his face. . . . I
can barely remember the familiar sounds of him at home. I long for comfort
when I have a nightmare. I want him to hold me. I wait for those comforting
letters or the phone calls that come after three months of silence.
Now, I look upon single parents in awe . . . and I learn to do what
they do, until my husband comes home. I don't need a man to put a crib
together, to take care of the car or to take out the trash. I have learned to
be empathetic. I have become self-sufficient.
And even though these are wonderful things, I would give up
everything that I have learned to bring him home right now.
When I think that I cannot go on, I rely on my routine so that I can
support my husband while he defends our freedom. And I know that I am not the
only one.
I am an unseen veteran. So are all the other military spouses out
there. We have different battlefields. Our maps have pins in the countries of
worry, heartache and loneliness. Our battles will end when our husbands are in
our arms again. Until that day, I say thank you to all the invisible soldiers
who are there for each other, who are there for me. We lend a strong shoulder
when needed, and we keep up the brave front at home. The war could not be won
without us.
Reprinted by permission of Amanda Legg (c) 2004 from Chicken Soup for the
Military Wife's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Charles Preston and
Cindy Pedersen. In order to protect the rights of the copyright holder, no
portion of this publication may be reproduced without prior written consent.
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