My life as an Army wife

Eight years ago I met the man of my dreams. When I first met him I knew immediately that he was the one. After getting to know him I found out that he was leaving for the army at the end of the school year. "I was so upset". When he left I knew I had to be strong for him and myself.

All my friends and family told me that I couldn't handle it and that the relationship would not last. Right after boot camp he got deployed to Iraq for the first time. I think it was the scariest time of my life, because I did not know if he was going to come back. I prayed everyday that he would be OK, and that he would come back to me. Then he came back. I thought that was the happiest day of my life.

He had been back in the states for a few months and he came home to visit me as much as he could. I really remember one specific time he came to see me. I had no idea what was about to happen to me. He popped the question, "Will you marry me?" At that moment I knew I was going to be happy for the rest of my life. The wedding day was almost here, and I was rushing around trying to get everything done. Then a Surprise hit me I was pregnant. I was so scared. We got married and I moved to be with him. Then I got the news again. They were going back to Iraq. So I had my daughter 5 weeks early and he left three days after she was born, and I thought myself, "What am I supposed to do now?! I have this baby and I have no clue what to do!"

I think that was the longest 15 months of my life. That night my husband had come home to us once again and I thank God so much for that. He has only been home three months and I got pregnant again. A few months later, we moved to Colorado. He started working and once again I heard those words. That's right! Back to Iraq. Now I have to deal with a new born baby and my 2-year-old all by myself, except now I am in a town where I do not know anyone. I was praying and hoping that this would be his last time over there.

I got a call one day and they said, "Your husband got shot in the head." Right there I thought he was dead, however he was fine. The bullet did not penetrate, but it made him forget everything. He cannot remember what I ask him to do or what I even say to him most of the time. My life as an army wife has been so hard. In fact, I have had people telling me that he was stupid for joining and that I needed to leave him because he was not coming back. I deal with things like this almost on a daily basis. I refuse to let it bother me. I know what I live for and that is supporting my husband and kids in whatever they decide to do.

Being an army wife is one of the hardest jobs a women can have. It is a 24-7 job of wondering and worrying about how your life long partner is doing or even if he will come home to you. What I have explained in all of this is not even half of what has happened. Now that's my life as and Army wife.

"THE DINNER"

When I lived in my parent's house, every night I heard, "Hey everybody dinner is ready!" and everybody ran to the table because my mom's cooking was delicious.
But now I am convinced that those days don't happen anymore. Now everyone focuses on their own activities.
Nowadays things have changed and everyone has a lot of things to do and it's impossible to be with family during these times.
Now I know the happiness that my mom used to feel when we all used to eat together.
Us as parents we should try to keep the family together and try not to lose our values.

Physical Tragedy

Last year, I had a digestion problem just after I started school. After a couple of months, I went to see my doctor. He gave me some medication and said to come back if the medication didn't work. After a couple weeks, I went to see the doctor again. I took x-rays and other tests in the morning. Around noon, he told me I can't go back home because I needed surgery. Around four o'clock in the after noon, they sent me to Memorial Hospital. That was just the start of my physical tragedy. The doctors couldn't find what was wrong with me. I went to the emergency room many time after the first surgery and they found small problems each time. In December, on my second surgery, they took out my gallbladder. Even when they took out my gallbladder, it seemed like they didn't know what caused my digestion problem. After a couple of days when I came back home from the hospital, I called 911, and went to Memorial Hospital again. They never explained exactly what was wrong with me. I heard one doctor talk with someone about my problem on the way to my room from the restroom. My right side had a water packet and was leaking the water. The next day, they made me sleep and put in a microscope down my throat and cleaned out my organs. Eventually, they found my big problem while cleaning my organs. I had pancreatitis. From October 22, 07 to January 5th, 08, I had two open stomach surgeries and four times I went to Memorial Hospital. I am healing every day, and watch every diet for my digestion.

Often times my mind....

never shuts down as I lay In my bed. In my bedroom struggling to fall asleep at night, almost as quickly as I laid down, I'm getting back up again because of restlessness, and a constant battle of the mind not knowing when to shut down. At the same time, I'm getting back up again. My mind is in a constant battle of knowing when to shut off. In the meantime, my mind is worrying about all my children's issues, and suddenly it switches from the children to my husband and what's going on with him. Soon after that it's on all the responsibilities that I have going on in my own life. During all these thoughts and feelings going on in my mind, finally I'm at a point to where I'm in tears, and praying to God that he will give me peace of mind, right away so that I can fall asleep. Hours go by, and I am finally able to rest and the mind shuts down. Then at last I can fall asleep peacefully.

My Honeymoon

Cha!Ching! Cha! Ching! That was the first sound my wife and I heard as we walked through the doors of the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas. As we both made our way to the front desk, I kept getting the urge to want to spend money. Just then my wife reminded me, "Be patient we have all week to spend money."

Between the time of us checking in and walking to the elevators to go to our room,we were already dropping money into slot machines. Cha Ching! Cha Ching! were the wonderful sounds of me wining $85 dollars. I then cashed out so my wife and I could get our bags in our room and get ready for an exciting week. After we were done getting ready, We were ready to party.

There was a lot of winning and losing between the two of us. As the night was coming to an end, we reminded ourselves we had a busy day ahead of us in Las Vegas. After walking a mile in the 113 degree weather, we decided to ride the free shuttle to the rest of our destinations. For the next few days we did a lot of Gambling, Shopping, and more gambling.

Before we knew it it was time to head back home to our three wonderful boys which we missed very much. I will never forget my exciting experience in Las Vegas. Now every time I here Cha Ching! Cha Ching! it takes me back to my honeymoon in the city that never sleeps.

!!HA-HA-HA!! Everybody laughing. I can't forget that day because it was the most terrible day in my life when I was a child. I was in the middle school in Mexico. I was in 4th grade. That day we were in recess and everybody was playing jump rope. When my turn came and I was ready to go and jump. I fell down on to the floor. In that moment I wanted to die or disappear. This is the mos terrible moment that I will never forget. Now when I remember that time I laugh too. Now I can do it, but not in that moment.

My new job promotion !

To kitchen supervisor. It just amazingly happened a few weeks ago. Our kitchen manager unexpectedly resigned her position. Another co-worker and I were asked to share the job responsibilities of the kitchen. We both graciously accepted the dollar raise, and added duties. I personally, just hope and pray that I can do a supreme job, so that my director can feel comfortable In the fact that she made an outstanding decision. In choosing us for the job, with this being such a tremendous change so suddenly. There are a lot of things added to my duties. But courageously I will stand, and go on to complete my duties with great delight.

My Childhood

There are some memories that I have about my childhood. First, I grew up in the U.S.A until I was six years old. Then my mom took me to Mexico and here I grew up the rest of my childhood. During my childhood, I used to play with my neighbors and cousins. Also, my childhood was a very happy time because I didn't worry about problems, money, and things like that, so I just needed to worry about play. In this time I used to have a favorite toy. It was my teddy bear. I still have this teddy bear because it was a gift from my grandma who was my special babysitter.


I have one earliest memory from my childhood. It is when I was 3 almost 4 years. It is about when I used to drink my little sister's baby bottle. I remenber that my mom always gave a baby bottle to my sister and one to me, but she always gave me my baby bottle first. Then when my mom finished and gave the baby bottle to my sister, I already finished mine. Also, I always waited until my mom left my sister alone, so I could take hers. Then I went behind the sofa and drank it there. Next, my mom started asking, "Where is Maria's baby bottle?", and I was hiding. Finally, my mom found the baby bottle behind the sofa, and she just told me, "Ay Noemi."


I feel very happy about my childhood. I have good and bad memories about my childhood. For example, I didn't have my dad with me during it. Also, I learned how ride my bike. I used to ride my bike with boys, but one day I fell and hurt myself. Furthermore, I still enjoy playing video games. I started doing this when I was seven. Finally, when I was a child, I enjoyed playing with Barbies, but I don't play with Barbies anymore because now I think Barbies are boring. These are some memories that are important in my life.

My Dream

Since I was little I wanted to go to Disney World as well my daughter wishes to go now. Unfortunately my parents never could afford that trip. I never got mad at them or anything like that, but always I had the faith that I would visit the place and will be with my daughter which will make the experience the best ever.

One of the main reasons that I would like to visit that magical place is because I going to see for first time in my life real dolphins and I really love those animals. I think they are the most beautiful creatures of the world because they love people, they are friendly, kind and the best about them is that they may help you if you need them overseas.

Beside, I think that just the fact to be in Disney World is an amazing, outstanding and magical experience for anybody especially if it is the first time you got there.

"YOU WOULD RETURN AT YOUR CHILDHOOD"