On War and Weariness ~ The Grace Between

On War and Weariness

“I have a confession to make.

I am weary of war.

I feel vaguely traitorous to my fellow military wives in spilling my fatigue. But oh I am tired.

Our snapshot of Army life falls somewhere in the middle on the hardship scale.

Seven and a half years together. Three lived apart. Four pregnancies … two miscarriages. The combat loss of a dear friend. Four deployments. One year apart from my sweet baby girl. New deployments looming.

My great-great-great grandfather was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Recently, a stack of letters written by him to his family was found in a dusty attic in North Carolina …”

…. to read the full post, please head over to The Sisterhood Online where I am privileged to be guest blogging today. 

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