As army wives, I would say we have two distinct moments of our army wife experience… One we loathe and one we anticipate.
The one of we dread is obviously the numerous “See-ya-later” moments with our Beloved Soldiers. Some days, as I kiss him and he walks to the door/bus/plane, I really feel like we just did this same routine like 20 minutes ago. Gross.
BUT… with the see-ya-later moments comes homecoming anticipation. And really, it doesn’t matter if he is gone for a week to the field, a month to training or a year to a desert somewhere, homecomings are always one of the “marked” army wife adventures.
We recently had our own homecoming (for what seems like the eleventy-billionth time this year) and I got to thinking.
It is really kind of a funny experience. So I thought I might share this compilation of six (humorous) signs that homecoming is coming.
1. The food/drink variety in your house is restocked. I am not sure about you, but my hubs and I have very different food/drink tastes. Let me rephrase that: We have very different metabolic rates, i.e. he can practically eat whatever he wants and if I look at a donut my pants get tighter. So when the hubs is gone, I eat very differently. Salad. Easy one pot meals that literally last for a week. But when that fateful homecoming day approaches, I start to restock depleted supplies. Chicken wings appear back in the freezer. Chocolate chip cookie mix is in the cabinet. And of course, his home brew is upgraded and moves from the dark corner in our laundry room to the prime-time shelf in the fridge.
Want to read more of these super fun signs? Swing by Army Wife Network.
And thanks for always supporting and laughing along with me in this crazy ride we call army wife life.
For His Glory,
“At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth…” ~Zechariah 3:20
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