My husband has been in Iraq for 13 months and Im starting to get deppresed.. He missed the birth of his first child, which is a beautiful baby boy.. And since my husband is front line Infantry in the Marine Corps, Im scared that I may lose my husband and his little boy will never see his daddy.. Is there anything I can do to be strong and happy for my little boy and know my husband will return home safely?
2007-07-11 21:04:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I share this e-mail with my younger twin sisters. I AM NOT THUMPER! Nor do I want to be!
2007-07-11 21:19:15 · update #1
why do you post lies...you know there are REAL military wives with real problems and we dont need stupid little brats like you pretending to be a military wife...you are disgusting..get a REAL life
2007-07-12 02:56:46 · answer #1 · answered by *Army*Wife* 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can pray for him. You can pray for your son and yourself.
What you are going through must be intensly difficult. I feel for you. However, you must find the internal will and resolve to carry on in any event. Even the unthinkable event. Your child needs stability. Untill "Daddy's" duty is done and he comes home, all your child has on this earth is you.
As hard as it may be, you must put on a brave face each morning, and greet the day as best as you can, as though your beloved husband was in the next room. He wants to be home as much as you want him home. Its all just a matter of time. Time heals all, as they say.
Take strength from this: God never gives you more than HE KNOWS you can handle. Theres no way to control the future or what happens. All you can do is make the best of a tough, tough situation. Take strength also in knowing that you are married to )and your child is the son of ) an American Hero.
My deepest respect to your husband and to every other man (or woman) who are over there putting there own lives on the line, so that I can enjoy mine. I for one respect and appreciate the men and women of the American Armed Forces. God's Speed. I will pray tonight that he returns safely to you and the baby.
2007-07-11 21:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by messier 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Being a marine, there is nothing harder then being involved when your active duty. NOTHING. So many of my closest friends have lost someone due to them being over seas. There are no guarentees in war, I wish there was, Id spend 5 years there if it wouldnt cost me my fam/friends. Get involved in the fam programs. They are there. Tell your son his father is hero and is fighting to make life better for everyone. He might not get it now, but he will when he is older. And you should take that to heart as well. The man you love is putting his mind,body, soul to keep us all safe. He really is. Chances are high that he will be fine. The enemy he is dealing with is primitive in nature and the US is the cutting edge in warfare.
This is going to sound raw, but if he should happen to fall, he will live on through you and your son. Be proud, be postive, be strong. Semper Fi!
2007-07-11 23:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by Timbo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Think and be positive. Plan for your husband's homecoming. What will you do?
Will you eat at home? Will you have friends and family over? Stay busy and keep ahead of those dark thoughts.
Take care of yourself. Take a multi-vitamin and a fish oil pill
God Bless and protect your family!
2007-07-11 21:11:35 · answer #4 · answered by Susan M 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
He will be OK, our troops have the very best vehicle armor, the very best body armor and the very best medical supplies that can be reasonably provided. You always hear about troops being killed, you never hear about the many times more that live even with you think there wouldn't be anything left to bury. It is amazing what punishment the human body can endure and when you add in our modern protection and medicine it is really amazing. Chances are he will return without even being injured, even if he is injured chances are he will come home alive. God Bless you husband and all our other troops.
2007-07-11 21:12:59 · answer #5 · answered by Colter B 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Marines do 7 month deployments. Im in the army on my third tour and we are the only ones who do 12 plus months.
2007-07-11 21:11:06 · answer #6 · answered by Joe W 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
since when can 17 year olds enlist? that is the age of Jack Rabbit you talked about in one of your previous questions right, Thumper?
2007-07-11 21:13:10 · answer #7 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the only thing you can do is keep yourself mental stable for your husband and kids...if your husband senses that you are giving up then he gives up..you are what is keeping him going keeping him alive...he needs to know that your are okay...he has to know that he is coming home to something..it is what keeps him going while he's over there...trust me on this my husband is deployed also..this is his second year long deployment..
2007-07-11 22:35:43 · answer #8 · answered by Winter Blossom 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anyway tell the truth and love what your so called husband is doing and your child will be proud!
2007-07-11 21:10:34 · answer #9 · answered by brenda r 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Marines dont do long tours like that!
2007-07-12 02:55:36 · answer #10 · answered by Cass 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋