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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
I love my Soldier. He's coming home soon. But since I can't break OPSEC and say when, I'll just say that next Friday night I'll be cuddling with him instead of sitting alone updating my blog.
I am so glad this year is done. I need him home. I need to have my happiness... I deserve it. We deserve it. We love each other.
I am so glad this year is done. I need him home. I need to have my happiness... I deserve it. We deserve it. We love each other.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Homecoming
Homecoming is FAST approaching!!! I'm super excited. I have almost everything done that i want to do (just two kinda big things left) but soon, I'll be totally done and he'll be home... <3 yay!!! I made him some homecoming gifts::: a jar full of red, white and blue hearts :) and a film canister that will hold all of the letters that I can't send him while we're in this 'tween area. Things are coming along nicely :) I couldn't be happier.
Also today, I got three "new" books, some of my favorites... "Of Mice and Men," "A Brave New World" and "Animal Farm." I also got the last book in a silly teen trilogy that I have been reading. My book shelf feels happy with the newest additions.
Tonight, I'm dying my hair bright red again, just in time for homecoming. I'm also wearing pirate boots, jeans, a cute shirt that says "Captain's wench" cute accessories, and a yellow ribbon tied in my bright red hair. :) I'm gonna look hot. :) Soooooooooo excited.
Also today, I got three "new" books, some of my favorites... "Of Mice and Men," "A Brave New World" and "Animal Farm." I also got the last book in a silly teen trilogy that I have been reading. My book shelf feels happy with the newest additions.
Tonight, I'm dying my hair bright red again, just in time for homecoming. I'm also wearing pirate boots, jeans, a cute shirt that says "Captain's wench" cute accessories, and a yellow ribbon tied in my bright red hair. :) I'm gonna look hot. :) Soooooooooo excited.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
One step closer
I have grown and matured over the past year. Raising my kids and doing 3 moves by myself was tough... but somehow I managed to pull it off. I discovered the true strenght of my spirit, the true hight of my endurance and the true nature of... my soul, my heart, my purpose. I have realized more of my flaws while living entirely on my own (besides my children). I've learned what I can handle alone and what I can't. I have witnessed the best in myself during moments I was forced to overcome myself and do more than I had ever done.
I have also found more purpose over this past year than I have had in a long time, at least since working at LRMC in Germany. I founded Recruited ByLove, which made me realize my true dream in life: To be there for the American Military and the families and to find a way to make a positive difference in their lives. So far, I am limited to offering support and smiles.
I have changed. There's no doubt. I just hope he loves those changes as much, if not more, than the me he fell for. It would break my heart completely if he doesn't.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Just my opinion
The US Constitution does not guarentee happiness. It guarantees the pursuit of it.
This makes me wonder on how exactly freedom is stripped down. After all, you can't have complete and total freedom, that would be anarchy. And not everyone can be happy all the time. It's a balance thing. For as successful as you are, there is someone out their who as equally unsuccessful. It stans to reason that for every freedom you are given to pursue your own happiness equally effects someone else.
You see the Westbor Baptist Church... you know those assholes who protest against our Military men and women's funerals, along with children's who have been killed in Natural disasters because they think in some twisted reality that we're all going to hell. Everyone but them. Roughly 100 people in one family. Probably inbred too.... well these people disturb me. They were given the right by the Supreme Court which has just sickened me. This country was formed on the back of our Armed Forces and the people in it. This country relies on these people for their safety and protection.
So I think my point with this is that when the Supreme Court said it was legal for the WBC do behave as they do, I started wondering if the Supreme Court had, in a way, stripped us of a basic constitutional right.... Here' I'll quote the line for you::::
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Ok, what I interpret that as we are guarenteed to live in peace and pursue happiness and comfort. How is it that we are not able to live in peace and pursue happiness during one of the greatest moments of darkness? Why are we subject to their inhuman indignities? And why, above all, does the Supreme Court go ahead and strip the Military of her dignity and basic freedoms yet allow a small group built upon using Religion in a corrupt and twisted way to inflict more pain upon the greatest of sorrows?
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
This is a promise our Founding Fathers made and it is one that every Serviceman or Woman must make as well. We promise our lives, everything we might have in this life and our Honor, but we shouldn't be forced to promise our dignity too.
Not everyone can have every freeom, but it seems to me that the people who want to cause harm with theirs don't deserve it. Mental and emotional abuse and assault isn't a crime, but it should be when it's on such a disturbing level, starting with the lowly scum of WBC to the powerful Justices of the Supreme Court. Something must change.
After all, we are guarenteed on a basic human level the right to find our happiness.
This makes me wonder on how exactly freedom is stripped down. After all, you can't have complete and total freedom, that would be anarchy. And not everyone can be happy all the time. It's a balance thing. For as successful as you are, there is someone out their who as equally unsuccessful. It stans to reason that for every freedom you are given to pursue your own happiness equally effects someone else.
You see the Westbor Baptist Church... you know those assholes who protest against our Military men and women's funerals, along with children's who have been killed in Natural disasters because they think in some twisted reality that we're all going to hell. Everyone but them. Roughly 100 people in one family. Probably inbred too.... well these people disturb me. They were given the right by the Supreme Court which has just sickened me. This country was formed on the back of our Armed Forces and the people in it. This country relies on these people for their safety and protection.
So I think my point with this is that when the Supreme Court said it was legal for the WBC do behave as they do, I started wondering if the Supreme Court had, in a way, stripped us of a basic constitutional right.... Here' I'll quote the line for you::::
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Ok, what I interpret that as we are guarenteed to live in peace and pursue happiness and comfort. How is it that we are not able to live in peace and pursue happiness during one of the greatest moments of darkness? Why are we subject to their inhuman indignities? And why, above all, does the Supreme Court go ahead and strip the Military of her dignity and basic freedoms yet allow a small group built upon using Religion in a corrupt and twisted way to inflict more pain upon the greatest of sorrows?
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
This is a promise our Founding Fathers made and it is one that every Serviceman or Woman must make as well. We promise our lives, everything we might have in this life and our Honor, but we shouldn't be forced to promise our dignity too.
Not everyone can have every freeom, but it seems to me that the people who want to cause harm with theirs don't deserve it. Mental and emotional abuse and assault isn't a crime, but it should be when it's on such a disturbing level, starting with the lowly scum of WBC to the powerful Justices of the Supreme Court. Something must change.
After all, we are guarenteed on a basic human level the right to find our happiness.
Friday, July 1, 2011
July 1st, 2011
Happy Canada Day! Well, it's my first one outside of Canada for years and my first Fourth of July weekend in the States after nearly 7 years. I'm super excited. I just wish Steve was home to celebrate also. I've been writing letters and cleaning and getting ready for homecoming. There is still alot to do and I'm not sure how I'm going to get it all done but when push comes to shove, I normally manage to do the things I need to do. Sometimes, I don't even know how.
It is July. July means that next month my Soldier will FINALLY be home after months and months of him being so friggin far away. I'm so grateful he's coming home. I really need my Captain home.
Anyways, I've been super busy and should actually being busy right now but had to take a minute and share. There's been alot on my mind and I'm not really sure how to explain it. All I know is that somehow I feel like things are hanging in the balance. Yea, that's a good explanation.
Well, I'm off to clean and get my kids fed and put down for a nap. Soon enough our lives are going to change. Right now, I'm going to enjoy these moments where it's just them and me, because soon enough, there's a man who is coming home, who will pretty much make our lives complete and the best part is, he wants to.
Love, love, love, Leah
It is July. July means that next month my Soldier will FINALLY be home after months and months of him being so friggin far away. I'm so grateful he's coming home. I really need my Captain home.
Anyways, I've been super busy and should actually being busy right now but had to take a minute and share. There's been alot on my mind and I'm not really sure how to explain it. All I know is that somehow I feel like things are hanging in the balance. Yea, that's a good explanation.
Well, I'm off to clean and get my kids fed and put down for a nap. Soon enough our lives are going to change. Right now, I'm going to enjoy these moments where it's just them and me, because soon enough, there's a man who is coming home, who will pretty much make our lives complete and the best part is, he wants to.
Love, love, love, Leah
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