Stability for military families can take a bit of added effort, but there are many ways to stay connected and engaged no matter how many miles are between the service member and their dependents.
For most of my childhood, my dad was in the Army Reserves. Our family wasn’t on the move as much as active duty families typically are – but boy did my dad deploy often. We lived in Puerto Rico, where my mom was a factory worker and my dad’s full-time job was managing the graveyard shift at our local Walmart Supercenter. Money was always tight, and deployments were a guaranteed increase in income for the time my dad was away.
Despite the distance, my dad didn’t let us miss him too much. We spoke on the phone any time he wasn’t on a mission or in the field. My sister and I hardly noticed the seven-hour time difference; as tired as he was, my dad would wake up at 2 a.m. to talk with us before we went to bed two to three times a week. We would also get postcards or polaroid pictures in the mail several times a year from the places he visited. We would write him letters and send pictures back, too.
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