You know when the men are gone

I am addicted to my husband. So one can understand that while I love having some “me” time while he travels for work, I still hate that he travels for work. I have always been in awe of my mother-in-law who spent much time away from my father-in-law while he served for 30+ years in the Air Force. I really do not know how she did it.

So it was an honor to read: “You know when the men are gone” by Siobhan Fallon, I was in awe for what our Armed Forces go through, not just in the line of battle, but for what their families experience while they are home and away. This book is a quick read, but shares a variety of experiences from the perspective of the soldier who is away, or the soldier who comes home and finds his wife has found someone else, to the wife from abroad that was brought back to the US and has to learn to cope. Each story was heartfelt and made me appreciate what I think I could never make it through – the trials and tribulations of the lives of our military and their families.