IF YOU'RE NOT IN LOVE WITH A SOLDIER
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't know adventure. You don't
know smelly gray PT uniforms that require a daily washing. You can't
understand green and brown camouflaged bags flooding your bedroom floor.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't understand the meaning of the
phrase "going to the field" and the weeks you spend away from each other.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can never imagine the hole in your
heart when that phone call comes? "Honey, I am leaving tomorrow to go
overseas. I don't know how long I will be gone or exactly where I am going,
but I want you to know that I love you - always!"
If you're not in love with a soldier, you don't know what it's like to say
that final good-bye. You don't know what it really means to be glued to the
television. You don't understand fear and you can't possibly understand the
sleepless nights of endless crying wondering if you will ever see the love
of your life alive again.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't know the immense joy, the
uncontrollable smile, or the butterflies in your stomach when you see your
soldier march into the family waiting area upon redeployment. You can't
understand the self-control it takes to stand on the other side of the room
as some higher-up gives a seemingly endless welcome home speech while all
the soldiers stand in formation. You don't know what it's like to have
that second first kiss or what it's like to experience puppy love all over.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't truly understand how to make
every moment count because you never know when that phone call may come again.
If you're not in love with a soldier, you can never really understand how
very delicate life really is!
