We recently printed the names and addresses of soldiers serving overseas so that those of us in the Concord community could drop them a line, letting them know we're thinking of them. One of those people was Sara Rosemeyer (formerly Sara Reid). While she's not in the military herself, her husband is serving in Quatar while she lives on a base in Germany. Sara received several notes from readers, and wanted to reply to everyone, so we made the job easier by printing her note here.
To The Insider community,
In the Nov. 18 issue, an article marked “Soldier's Mail” was written and my uncle passed along my own mailing address. I want to personally thank each and every one of the kind hearts that wrote to my son and I. Your words of both prayer and encouragement meant the world to me. I want to make one correction on my behalf – my married name is now Rosemeyer, my maiden name was Reid. I graduated from Bow High school in 2004, perhaps this will ring a bell for some that wrote to me and asked.
Though I am not military myself, my husband, Adam, is. Adam is stationed here at Ramstein AFB currently serving in the United States Air Force as a C-130 propeller mechanic. Adam was deployed in September to Qatar and is expected home in January, a week before our second child is due. Our first born, Noah, will be 5-years-old in the summer.
I don't work with heavy equipment or wear the uniform that my husband dresses so proudly in every day. However, I think one thing people tend to forget about is the women that stand just as proudly behind these fine men that serve our country. We do make sacrifices just as much as they do when they have to leave at the drop of a hat. Adam has missed out on Noah's first day of school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, our first anniversary, Christmas will be here in two weeks and New Years Day, which is also my birthday. We cannot make up for the time lost.
As a military wife, I have learned many things. The most important is to keep moving forward and not to dwell on what you cannot control. Though the military is accommodating to families, it is best said that if they wanted you to have a family, they would have issued you one. Sometimes, it's best just to remind yourself of this and know that the military will have your husband home when the job is complete.
I was prepared that there would be good days and there would be not so good days after Adam left. Noah has kept me going this entire deployment. Without him, I'd be lost. I am now 35 weeks pregnant and pray every day Adam will make it home in time to see our daughter born. We look forward to the end of the day, when we can hear Adam's voice on the other line of the phone, even for a few minutes. Saturday's are the highlight of our week, because it may be a day that we can see Adam on the web cam.
I have to admit, even being within a few weeks of his homecoming, I still cry at the emptiness of our home. I know it has been equally hard for Adam, being so far from us. He has missed out on the funny things Noah has done or said, as well as the 2 inches he has grown. I think the hardest has been the milestones with our second pregnancy.
Adam and I recently celebrated our first wedding anniversary on Dec. 1. I knew marrying Adam would not be easy, and it hasn't been. There is something so different about being a military wife, and a career one at that. It has been a beautiful experience that I would not change for the world. Like the weather, always changing and hard to predict, so is the military. I hope when you think of and pray for our troops that are so far from home this holiday season (and every season), you also keep in mind their wives and families back home, wherever we are.
God bless and happy holidays to you and yours.
Sara Rosemeyer
