Upside Down

I showed my boys the new blog.

The only feedback I got was "Uhm, Mommy....why is it upside down??"

And I'm like hey guys, its not ALL upside down, what about the neat photos and design and how I even had to learn how to mess around with HTML to make it look the way I wanted?!? What about how cool THAT is??

And they are all like "Yeah....but those words are upside down."

Alright alllrrriiiiight! They are. I thought it was neat and actually had a reason for doing it and here is why.

The blog is about the kids, mostly. They are cute and funny and provide endless entertainment/joy/frustration/laughter. They are the focus and center of my life.

The upside down "An Army Wife Life" is a statement about how this life can feel at times. Upside down. Married but geographically "single" parenting. Being the one who has to mow the lawn/take out the trash/fix the car/pay the bills/get dead squirrels out of the chimney. The inability to make a 5 year plan, or hell even a 1 year plan, for our lives because the Army owns it and can change its mind at any time. This deployment, for instance. My husband was supposed to be here through the summer but was assigned to a different brigade while in-processing than what his original orders stated. Result:5-6 months LESS family time than we had anticipated. Consequence: Emotional Chaos

But then its also symbolic of how we are there, as a military spouse, at the bottom of it all, supporting and nurturing and coping. Even when orders change, even through the chaos, even when things don't go our way. Maybe even ESPECIALLY when things don't go our way. Our whole world shifts and we Go.With.It. Why? Because the men we love have chosen to serve our country and when we married them we chose to carry part of that burden. We have to be the foundation they can jump from and the soft place they can land, no matter what.

And its all worth it. Even if it means we feel upside down sometimes.