Charley
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I hesitated to respond to this thread. My husband also is retired military and it is not easy for family. I remember the fears that I confronted especially in the first years of our marriage...and many that we as a family faced for 26 years. When we first were married, he was in the "If the Navy had wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued your one" era. Wives were really looked upon by the military as baggage. It is only through the years that the wives banded together to get the support that military families need. They now have emotional support through wives groups with each command (they love meeting Moms and Dads and Grandparents too....many of the wives know the single guys through their husbands. Military families look out for each other; they are family.); they have ombudsmen (I was one for a year) that go between the command and families and bring up issues, mostily personal and on a one to one basis, that need to be addressed; they have many financial support programs, etc. There is support there. Talk with Kenny and find out before he goes overseas what family group you can stay in contact with and the phone number of the Ombudsman for his command. They will be of enormous help to you.
It is hard for anyone when their children go out into the world and leave home. It is especially hard when they go into the military. But servicemen do look out for each other. The bonds that he is forming with others in his service will stay strong the rest of his life. It is important for you to do as you are doing and support him in what he has committed, at least, this part of his life to. He is a member of a very special group of young heroes.
(((Hugs))) to you and your young man, Kenny.
It is hard for anyone when their children go out into the world and leave home. It is especially hard when they go into the military. But servicemen do look out for each other. The bonds that he is forming with others in his service will stay strong the rest of his life. It is important for you to do as you are doing and support him in what he has committed, at least, this part of his life to. He is a member of a very special group of young heroes.
(((Hugs))) to you and your young man, Kenny.