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Life Happened…

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Well, it seems as if a whole lifetime has gone by since I last posted here.  Just got very, very busy with all kinds of stuff.  Life is just funny that way isn’t it.  One month it can be completely slow and boring, and then the next, a whole ton of things happen.  Let’s see in the last several weeks we’ve had a wedding, a trip out of state for a week, a hospitalization,  a couple of big events involving up to 100 people to organize and implement.  In short, its been a nut house around here.

The most important thing going on right now is hubby is getting ready for deployment to Iraq.  They don’t leave until June but their unit is already in high gear with trainings and more trainings.  He’ll be gone a lot for all these planned trainings even before he’s actually gone for the deployment, but at least, this time, he’ll be home after a few weeks or so.

I’m trying not to think too much about all this but its always there, can’t exactly run away from it.  I just wish we were done with this business already so that we can have all our men and women back home.   I was reading the other day that according to some estimates we could end up having to leave troops there for 10 or even more years.  I really don’t think that this is a problem we can solve, it is something that the citizens of this region need to figure out on their own.

I support and love the men and women in the military but I have strong opinions about the politicians and leaders who make the decisions.   Maybe I’ll share some of those opinions someday with you.  Today, I’m just a wife worried about her hubby.  I don’t want him to go, I don’t want him to be in danger but so do hundreds of other spouses out there.  Hubby feels that it is his duty and I admire him for that and I will support him.  But that doesn’t stop me from disagreeing with what I don’t like about this whole business.

If you have a loved one over there I pray that they will return safely someday.  My loved one will be there soon and I’ll be praying every day for his safe return.  More on this topic later.

Happy Veteran’s Day

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This coming Monday we’ll officially remember those who served this country. Hopefully, we’ll pause to reflect on what they’ve given all of us. Hopefully, we’ll take the time to thank them for their service when we see them around.

My hubby is active duty military. I have a brother in law still serving in Iraq as we speak. I know first hand the kinds of sacrifices our soldiers and their families are making and will continue to make.  I do not necessarily agree with our politicians or those decisions that led to our soldiers being where they are, but I do support our soldiers one hundred percent. I may not necessarily support our country’s leadership but my support and appreciation for our soldiers is rock solid.

This weekend, thank a veteran. Be sincere about it. They’ve gotten to the point where they really do not expect much from the rest of us, let alone those two simple words. We’ve been pleasantly surprised whenever we go somewhere and hubby happens to be in his uniform because people would stop him and just thank him for his service. We know that he is not just thanking him personally, but everyone who has ever worn a uniform or served his country in the Armed Forces.

We also run into people who think that their service is no big deal because they did “choose to go into this career or life.” It’s almost as if they’re saying well its your fault because you did sign up for this. Yes, they did sign up for the military, and yes they did choose it. But I wonder if such people even pause to think that if they hadn’t signed up for this life that there would be no one out there defending the freedom that they enjoy so much. I wonder if such people realize that if everyone avoided military service like the plague that we would all be forced to serve in the military like some countries do because that would be the only way to get people to serve.

I’m not saying that everyone should rush out and sign up for military service right now.  But it would be nice if people think for a minute before they make these kinds of idiotic statements. It would be nice if everyone take a minute to think of how much their life would change if they were drafted into the service because no one is willingly signing up for it.  One of the lessons that I’ve learned is that freedom is not free. The freedom that we have was paid by someone else in blood.

We have a lot of Samoans, both male and female, currently serving in the U.S. military.  We have a lot of Samoans who have served, who are veterans. They served with honor and pride. To all of you serving active duty tours right now in Iraq, Afghanistan, and everywhere else, I say “fa’afetai, fa’afetai tele lava. Fa’amalo le tautua, fa’amalo ile tou loto alofa, fa’amalo ile tou loto nu’u ma malo. Ia fa’a manuia pea le Atua ia te outou, ma puipui mai ia outou uma.” We are proud of you and we are praying for your continued safety and return. We are praying for all of you, our men and women in the military.  You make me proud to be an American, you make me proud to be Samoan. Ia Manuia!