1) Friends are invaluable. Having your husband gone more than he is home, makes friendships so much more important. I have had friends help with raising my kids, making tough decisions, and keeping me sane in insane situations.
2) Other kids, whose parents are in the military, make great friends for your kids. They need friends just as badly as yours do and they understand when plans change with no notice. Other military kids understand what it's like to move often and want to go the extra mile to stay friends even after moving thousands of miles away.3) I can do many things I didn't think I could. I have changed a battery in our truck, hung new doors in our house, hung countless pictures/shelves, replaced a kitchen floor, and many other things I can't remember. If it needed to be done, I learned how to do it.
4) Enjoy being with your husband. It was so hard to have my husband coming and going all the time, but it made me appreciate having him home. You don't waste time, since you never know how much time you will have together.5) You have to trust each other. Being apart so much, you learned to either trust each other completely or be miserable. You have to trust that financial, personal, familial, and career decisions will be made for the best when you are apart.
6) There is a special feeling that comes for being a small part of keeping our country safe. Even to this day I have people tell me or my husband "Thanks for your service." It was not an easy time, but it was a neat time in my life and I'm glad our family was a Navy family.
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