It Could Always Be Worse

As someone who has a loved one in the military, it is really hard for others to console with you if they haven’t experienced the same hardships. Shortly after he left for bootcamp, I reached out to another girl who had just gone through the same thing but with someone in the Airforce rather than the Navy. She discussed her journey thus far and how she has managed to maintain hope and happiness. Up until I met her, I thought that I was having a difficult time with him being away in South Carolina. This was until she told me that her loved one was in Japan.

It can be a really humbling experience to be able to talk to someone who is going through similar transitions in life. You always think that your situation is bad  until you meet someone who is going through things that you couldn’t even imagine experiencing. I really look up to her, she is making the best of a pretty difficult situation. Talking to her makes me feel like I don’t have the right to be sad for myself since she’s going through worse and is still able to be happy.

I have been able to find solace in talking to others as well as blogging about my journey. Since I’ve started blogging in this class I have become interested in searching for other blogs that pertain to other military relationships. This will hopefully help me in trying to maintain positivity through these next couple of years.