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My Life As A Military Wife

atwar.blogs.nytimes.com | Posted 05.22.2013 | Weddings
Read More: Post-Military-Life, Marriage, Military Wife, Military Spouses, US Military, US Marines, Husbands and Wives, Military Life, Weddings, Weddings News

When I graduated from college, I planned on being the next Diane Sawyer. My hubris took me to a small television station down south where I was a gene...

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On Veteran's Day, I Remember Being a Military Wife

Lea Lane | Posted 01.11.2013 | Women
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Lea Lane

Night after night, the television screen would show horrible skirmishes, bombings, killings and mayhem. I would never know if my husband was safe until the next day passed and I had heard nothing.

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Fourth

Amalie Flynn | Posted 09.03.2012 | Arts
Read More: Poems About Military, Afghanistan War, Fourth of July, Military Poetry, Military Wife, Poems, Afghanistan, Fourth of July 2012, Arts News
Amalie Flynn

Today is the Fourth of July and I am thinking about war. There will be barbeques. There will be parades. There will be fireworks. But I am a military wife, and today is the Fourth of July, and I am thinking about war.

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WATCH: Military Dad Brings Home Big 'Present'

Posted 11.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Military Homecoming, Military Wife, Video, Military, Military Kids, Military-Surprise-Homecoming, Impact News

A military wife promised her son and daughter a present the "size of a fridge" if they behaved for a week. She certainly delivered. The mom led he...

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PBS's 'This Emotional Life': The Unbearable Absence of Smelling

Rebekah Sanderlin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Military, Military Wives, Military Spouse, Healthy Relationships, Military Families, Military Wife, Military Family, Healthy Living News
Rebekah Sanderlin

"It's your last chance to smell him," my friend told me, and my heart broke for her and for all the others who have had the loves of their lives replaced with folded flags.

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