She will be so sad.....

So my step daughter has been staying with us for about 3 weeks now and next weekend she has to go back to her mom. My 3 year old has come VERY VERY attached to her. She will not do anything without her. It is going to be very hard and very sad for her when she leaves. Its hard for her to understand that she has to go home. What to do??? Maybe I will make it a special day before she leaves and take them both to have a tea party or something so that Gabi can see that she had a good last day with her sister. I think that would make her feel a lot better.
Being a part of a military family where you have to move where they send you is hard when you have step children in another state. It makes me wonder how much more time they will miss together. When we get out of the army in the near future we will also be living in different states... What toll is that going to have on my children? I hope we can make it to where Lexi can visit us as often as possible.

The start of a new journey

Today is the start of a new journey. I have decided to close down a forum that I had running for military wives. You ask why I decided to do this.... Well the reason is that I am not about drama nor do I like being talked about behind my back. There were some things being twisted around and I did not want to deal with it. Also to see that I am no longer going to be an army wife but a veterans wife I decided that I needed to put my time and money elsewhere. I loved that site but it was the best thing for me to do. So now I have decided to focus my time on this blog.

I know there are a lot of us as wives that get scared when we hear the words "I am getting out" come from our soldier. I know I was freaking out when my husband told me those words about 6 months ago. It has taken me some time but I am now okay with the fact that we will be transitioning to civilian life. I think it will be a great experience for my husband and my family. We will be able to have more family time and more "us" time. So now I ask myself what does this all mean?? Well I think it means we will be on a different path and have to face some rough times as we transition but we will be okay. We will have to find regular jobs and have regular medical and dental insurances, we will not be able to go to the PX or Commisary, we will not be able to get discounts at Spencers or theme parks anymore. Is giving all this up worth it??To me... yes it is. I will be happy to have my husband in country for the rest of the kids lives, I will be happy to have my husband around for holidays and special occasions. I think after 10 years the army has come first for too long and it is now time for our children to come first.

So as this transition takes place, lets see how many bumps we hit along the way.