Posted on Jan 4, 2016
What has been your greatest blessing and greatest challenge in being a military family?
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Military families are unique. I believe they are some of the most resilient people in America. What about you? What has been the biggest blessing in your military family? (Hey, I'm a Chaplain. I can ask that question!) What has been your biggest challenge? (i can ask that, too.)
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Coming home to a wife who wanted out after 15+ years.
It very nearly killed me.
My new challenge is being a single father in the military. It is difficult, to be sure, doing this alone. But it has brought me closer to my children and so far it isn't more than I can handle.
It very nearly killed me.
My new challenge is being a single father in the military. It is difficult, to be sure, doing this alone. But it has brought me closer to my children and so far it isn't more than I can handle.
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Capt Seid Waddell - don't I know it.
Tough day yesterday... there is a reason God intended two parents.
Tough day yesterday... there is a reason God intended two parents.
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Capt Seid Waddell
1SG (Join to see), the one thing I have noticed in my life is that when God kicks me through a door and slams it behind me He always opens another door in front of me that leads to a better place than I had been in before. You may well find another even more special wife just ahead when you least expect it.
All we can do is to do the best we know how and to trust in Him to lead us and to provide for our needs.
God Bless.
All we can do is to do the best we know how and to trust in Him to lead us and to provide for our needs.
God Bless.
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CH (MAJ) William Beaver
I am sorry she wanted out and hate it for your kids. Let's just say I do know what that is like. I also know there is hope after that. Met the RIGHT person here four years later
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Greatest Blessing: Meeting my wife and still being with her after 12 years. Also getting the opportunity of being a platoon sergeant and squad leader for some of America's finest.
Greatest Challenge: Missing almost the first five years of my daughters life. Between deployments, field, NTCs, JRTCs, gunnery, and multiple other Army excursions; by the time she was 5 I had only been around for a total of a year at best.
Greatest Challenge: Missing almost the first five years of my daughters life. Between deployments, field, NTCs, JRTCs, gunnery, and multiple other Army excursions; by the time she was 5 I had only been around for a total of a year at best.
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Raising two sons who were complete jackasses and an ex who was not a good person.
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