okay i'm on a poem kick now, LOL!

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I absolutely love poems and there was a recent post on poems, so i thought i would share some for all of us military spouses. hope you don't mind. thanks and God bless Other spouses get married and look forward to building equity in a home and putting down family roots. Military spouses get married and know they’ll live in base housing or rent, and their roots must be short so they can be transplanted frequently. Other spouses decorate a home with flair and personality that will last a lifetime. Military spouses decorate a home with flare tempered with the knowledge that no two base houses have the same size windows or same size rooms. Curtains have to be flexible and multiple sets are a plus. Furniture must fit like puzzle pieces. Other spouses have living rooms that are immaculate and seldom used. Military spouses have immaculate living room/dining room combos. The coffee table got a scratch or two moving from Germany, but it still looks pretty good. Other spouses say good-bye to their spouse for a business trip and know they won’t see them for a week. They are lonely, but can survive. Military spouses say good-bye to their deploying spouse and know they won’t see them for months, or for a remote, a year. They are lonely, but will survive. Other spouses, when a washer hose blows off, call Maytag and write a check out for getting the hose reconnected. Military Spouses will cut the water off and fix it themselves. Other spouses get used to saying “hello” to friends they see all the time. Military spouses get used to saying “good0bye” to friends made the last two years. Other spouses worry about wether their child will be class president next year. Military spouses worry about whether their child will be accepted into yet another new school next year and whether that school will be the worst in the city....again. Other spouses can count on spouse participation in special events...birthdays, anniversaries, concerts, football games, graduation, and even birth of a child. Military spouses can only count on each other; because they realize that the Flag has to come first if freedom is to survive. It has to be that way. Other spouses put up yellow ribbons when the troops are imperiled across the globe and take them down when the troops come home. Military spouses wear yellow ribbons around their hearts and they never go away. Other spouses worry about being late to Thanksgiving dinner. Military spouses worry about getting back from Japan in time for dad’s funeral. And other spouses are touched by the television program showing an elderly lady putting a card down in front of a long, black wall that has names on it. The card simply says “ Happy Birthday, Sweetheart. You would have been 60 today.” A military spouse is the lady with the card. And the wall is the Vietnam Memorial. I would never say military spouses are better or worse than other spouses are. But I will say there is a difference. And I will say that our country asks more of military spouses than is asked of other spouses. And I will say, without hesitation, that military spouses pay just as high a price for freedom as do their active duty husbands or wives. Perhaps the price they pay is even higher. Dying in service to our country isn’t near as hard as loving someone who has died in service to our country, and having to live without them. God bless our military spouses for all they freely give and God bless America! #2ARMY OF ONE - I am an Army Wife I've noticed in my present job, there is a tiny quirk. There's no respect at all and its not considered work! Well, I am here to show you another point of view, and give you an idea of what I really do! Here's my"job description and to better understand, it's written in the language of the Army Man. I'm the IG, complaints come to me. I am the Medic, I bandage skinned knees. I'm the Legal Office and the courts-martial, too. I decide the punishment, how much and on who. I'm Health: Welfare, inspecting for junk, and the 1SG checking the bunk. I'm also Supply, in charge of food, clothes, housewares, diapers, toys, heaven only knows. I'm the MP who secures the door, I'm also the PVT who GI's the floor. I'm the Mess SGT who cooks all the meals. I'm TMP in charge of the wheels. I'm MWR planning all the fun and I am the Bugler, announcing the "day is done". I'm the KP who does all the dishes, I am the DA who hears all you wishes. I'm the CQ and the Fireguard, too, there isn't that much that I don't do. I'm the instructor too, you see, because what is learned is taught by me. I'm the Squad Leader who knows his troops well, sometimes the Drill SGT who really can yell. I'm the S4, S1, 2, 3, just about everything must come through me. Appropriations, taskings, commitments too, I'm responsible for all we do. I never go to battle, and AR of some sort, but you can count on me to bravely guard the fort. I'm ALWAYS on duty, I never take leave, no Holidays off, it's hard to believe! I can never ETS, I signed for life, my primary MOS is Mother, my secondary is Army Wife. For all my devotion, to duty, my LES says "NO PAY DUE" because I'm not paid in money, but in the words of 'I LOVE YOU'. I AM AN ARMY WIFE! #3Recipe For A Military Spouse 1 1/2 cups Patience 1 lb. Adaptability 3/4 cup Tolerance 1 tsp. Courage A Dash of Adventure Combine above ingredients: Add 2 tablespoons elbow grease. Let sit alone for one year. Marinate frequently with salty tears. Pour off excess fat. Sprinkle lightly with money. "Knead" dough until payday. Season with international spices. Bake 20 years or until done..... Dedicated.....to military wives everywhere, who have waved "good-bye: more often than not, who have heated up more dinners than most wives cook, who have missed more anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases and Valentine's Days than they should have, and most important of all have welcomed their husbands home GLADLY #4 and last oneI am a wife of an American soldier deployed our goodbyes broke my heart and left me destroyed I ask God for guidance each night as I pray and, babe, I’m hanging in there day by day in reality we exist in two diverse world’s far apart therefore I am holding you close to my heart I will carry your picture so I don’t feel so alone and cherish your phone calls on our telephone my feelings are fragile but my faith remains deep and you have a promise to Uncle Sam that you must always keep for freedom has never come without a good fight God will return you to me when the time is just right but those special occasions will not be the same you will be missing out while I’ll be missing you and it’s okay to cry you know, soldier’s can cry to when I become disheartened and overcome with despair I will place my hand over my heart and find a flag flying in the air although I long for your presence right by my side I am proud of your courage commitment and pride honey don’t think I’m crying the blues but I do shed some tears when I watch on the news when headlines report the deaths in Iraq God, I am fearful you may never come back you are my soldier protecting me everyday I am your wife fighting my own battle in a way when our separation becomes a hardship this I can do I will salute my great hero of the red, white, and blue! thanks for taking the time to read these. they really touched me as being a military spouse. God bless our troops