Words really are powerful. People have said some very encouraging things to me during this deployment!
"I'm praying for you."
"I'll watch the boys for you if you need a night off".
"How are you hanging in there?"
Then there are the other words that are just plain hurtful, whether it's intended or not.
"You knew what you were getting into when you married an army guy."
"Just think more positively."
"A national guard wife is a guard wife, not an army wife."
Words can either help lift people up or tear them down. Think before you speak, I've been known to speak without thinking but I can tell you as an army wife there has been a lot of thought that has gone into our lifestyle choice. However, that doesn't make it easy, there are some huge sacrifices that come with it. I know I also have a choice on how to react to these words that are spoken into my life I just wish sometimes that people would adhere to the wise old adage of "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."
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