Re-Post

Thought this was enough said for today....

The following is a post from another military blog I have listed on the left-hand side of my blog. Thought it was cute and wanted to share! Enjoy :0)

"I spent a ME day last weekend at the movie theatre because I have been dying to see The Time Traveler's Wife. About half way through the movie I had a deja vue moment, I just knew that I'd seen this before, five minutes later, Claire, the wife, says to Henry, the time traveler, "My life doesn't stop just because you are gone." This wasn't a movie I'd seen before, the deja vu was because I was watching my life. I had to look at my ticket again just to make sure I hadn't inadvertently sat down in The Army Wife. I think that the author must have been channeling an Army Wife when she wrote the book the movie was based on. There is a point in the movie when Henry pops into and out of the future and after he disappears Claire has that look in her eye. You know that look, where for about a half a second you think she is going to collapse under the stress and pain, that moment before she steels her spine. The next second, she smiles wryly and picks up the clothes he left behind (because of course he time travles naked) and folds them until he comes again. How many times have we as army wives picked up the civilian clothes they leave behind waiting for them to come back and put them back on?

I went to the movies to get away from our impending deployment and instead I got a science fiction version of my Army Wife life. It is good to know that we Army Wives are not alone, the wives of time travelers have similar occupation hazards, waiting, never knowing when they will return, facing major life events alone, and missed holidays. This is particularly good information in case you are ever stationed away from a major installation and need a battle buddy, just look out for a couple who has odd piles of clothes everywhere and a husband that is naked or missing frequently.The Time Traveler's Wife is a good movie, it is just a little eerie to watch a science fiction version of military life. "