Distance Is Just A Word...

   I'm not sure how many of you think that long distance relationships don't work. What I do know is that there are a lot of you who believe that. I'll admit at one point I did too. Until I figured something out. A long distance relationship is a test. A test of your faithfulness, a test of honesty, a test for trust. Being honest and faithful to that person, while being so far away, with bad temptations. Trusting that you are still going to be happy when you see them.

   My personal opinion, can make or break a relationship. Either it can keep two people interested in each other. Knowing that you only get to see that person for a short amount of time, you make the best of it. Hiding any negativity, just to make each other happy. Or it can break a relationship. Two people who get tired of not being able to see the other everyday. That is more of the people who really don't want a commitment. If that's the case then you shouldn't waste their time in the first place. The moment you figure out that you would rather party and be your own person, you should stop wasting your boy/girl- friends time.

  However, for those of you who don't believe that long distance relationships work, I  want you to think about something. Think about EVERY woman, and EVERY man who is married into military. They chose a long distance relationship. Choosing to be able to not see their spouse for possibly a year or more at a time, only seeing them under special circumstances, and only being able to see them for a VERY short amount of time. Not even knowing if their spouse will ever return. I want you to think about it, and think really hard. These men and women, they had a choice. To live the life they are in or to get out. Guess what, every single one of them believes that a long distance relationship does work. They believe that every time their spouse leaves, they will return. Although not all of them are fortunate enough. They still believe. They believe that when they return, they will stay for longer than a week, or a month, and they savor every moment of every day they have with that person.

   I hope that opens your minds about something you thought you didn't believe in.

   I support our troops, and I believe that they will come back to their families.

   I also want to let every man and woman that has chosen the life you have being married to a soldier, that you all are soldiers as well, and you all are very brave. Brave for marrying a soldier and brave for supporting their decisions in staying a soldier.