Quotes And Advice For A Military Girlfriend
After working on an Army base, I’ve met all kinds of Army significant others: Army wives, Army fiancees, Army girlfriends, Army divorcees. As part of my job, I had to brief all incoming Soldiers and families to the installation. I’ll always remember one girl in particular. She came up to me after the brief and said out right… “I feel like I don’t belong here.” “Why?” I asked. “ Because I’m just a girlfriend ,” she said. I looked at her and smiled. I replied “You’re more than just a girlfriend. You are his love, his support, his foundation. He chose YOU to support him in one of the most difficult life experiences in the world: military life. He chose YOU because he knew you could handle it. He chose YOU because he’s on the way to choosing to spend the rest of his life with you.” I meant every word… because I was that girl. I was “just the military girlfriend” then. I’ll never forget when that Army girlfriend looked at me with a humble smile. “Thank you,...