One thing I have found throughout my time in the military, is you end up with a HUGE extended family. There are soldiers who become a part of your family, as they help surround your table to share your holidays and there are the other spouses who you work with on different projects. Spouses you may not have known prior to an event, but in the course of just a short weekend of a very busy bizarre you chance to meet. When one of these individuals starts suffering you ache too...
A little over a year ago, one of the ladies that I had the chance to work with in Germany moved back to the states. At the time she was a little over halfway through her pregnancy with her sixth child. Shortly after arriving back, she was diagnosed with leukemia. She carried her son as long as she could, before the doctor decided to bring him into the world early so they could start treatment on his mommy. From the time of her diagnosis, she maintained a positive outlook and maintained her enormous faith in the Lord. She was one of those spouses that other spouses already looked up to, but she quickly became an inspiration for others. As summer went on, she spent hours going through treatment and everything looked positive.
Recently though, her husband logged on to her Facebook to let her family and her HUGE extended military family know that she had caught pneumonia and is in a coma and on a ventilator. I check back from time to time hoping to see some positive words, but what I continue to see is the thoughts and prayers of those who love her and care for her. I know we are all aching and praying for this wonderful woman, her soldier husband and her children....
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