An American Contractor’s Wife
by John Little on 5/12/2007VarangianWife is the 30-something wife of an American contractor in Iraq – and she’s blogging:
In the several years my father fought in Vietnam, my mother would receive letters from him every couple of months. They were often filthy, full of sad works and violent stories. When he was seriously wounded, he had already been operated on twice and returned to the US before she was even notified he had been hit. It took several more weeks to locate him. They were apart more than three years, in 9 to 12 month stretches, throughout the war. And she waited for him. Their love has only grown since those days.
So here I am. Alone for 4 to six months in a stretch. I usually have daily phone calls, sometimes just a quick “I love you” and sometimes those long sweetheart conversations where you forget to talk and just listen to each other breathe. Email is constant (Did you pay the water bill? What is this $50 check? Please send me new socks.) Packages are sent often and arrive in less than two weeks.
How do I do it? I do it with love.
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