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September 11th, 2009

Thank You San Diego Military

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So, I grew up outside Chicago.  I led a charmed life, and seemed to think that bad things really didn’t happen to good people.  I didn’t know many people who had gone off to war, and so much of what happened in the world, just really didn’t seem to affect me.  I moved to San Diego 15 days after September 11th.

My husband, Mike, is a Realtor full time, but a navy reservist “a few weeks a year.”  As I started to plug in around San Diego, I started meeting all these wonderful military wives – at military functions, at church, or just around town.  These are some of the most wonderful, unselfish, women and men I have ever met! 

San Diego has a huge marine contingent, which seems to me (along with the army) to really be on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan.  These brave men leave their families, knowing they are going to fight for a cause that we in America often don’t understand.  Whether you personally agree with this war or not, I have found that when I talk to my military friends, they feel quite strongly about what they are doing.  They see first hand what is happening around our world, and are quick to want to do more!

One of my church friends this week lost her husband in Afghanistan.  He was due to come home in just a couple of weeks for the birth of his first baby.  He had already done previous tours, and was very well loved and respected by all who knew him.  Despite all my friends whose husbands are deployed, this was probably the first time that I have ever seen this war come so close to my back yard.  And it reminded me just how much IS sacrificed for me to go about my day!

To all of the families out there defending our freedom – whether it be the soldiers on foreign soil – or the wives managing the households all by themselves, THANK YOU!  Thank you for all your sacrifice.  Thank you for who you are!  We do remember, and we DO appreciate you.

Posted by Mike and Amy Mewborn//