Hooah Wife is an interesting name for this blog. I wasn’t quiet sure what to make of the name other than I knew I would be reading about a wife. Then I thought about the word Hooah some more and the only thing I could think of was that chant that people in the military say and then yell back “Hooah”. I was right – she is a wife of someone in the military.
Most blogs should be read starting with today and moving backwards to get the story then you read forwards again to keep up with this blog. While reading this blog I was a little confused but I kept telling myself I would get around this. After 2 months worth of surfing, I decided that this wasn’t really going to happen so I decided to read it from the very first post onward.
Before I get into the details, I must say that Greta’s story really moved me. It has been a while since I thought about the war in Iraq, other than I wish it was over. I am like most Americans (and people all over the world) in thinking that it is done, time to bring the troops home. With that said, this is a story of one wife and how she deals with being a spouse of someone in the army.
The very first post on the site sets the tone. She talks about how her husband is set to go to Iraq in two weeks for at least 6 months. She mentions that he has also just handed her his last will and testament and that they have 3 kids. Right there all the emotions I had about the war came back. Not knowing anyone personally who went over, my feelings cannot compare to what she must have been going through. Oh one more thing, this all took place about 3 weeks prior to the 2004 election so there was that thrown into the mix.
The next couple of months are mostly political updates with some funny stuff thrown in. Every now and then she gives a self interview and posts stuff about her husband. I was just started to get over the emotional hump from the first month when she posted how she was in charge of a program at the school called “Adopt a platoon” and due to certain rules, she had to read every letter that was going to be sent. These letters were written by kids in the school and she said how most of them said they were proud of what they were doing. Again, I started to get choked up.
I finally hit my breaking point with this blog in April. I read a post that said Hubby is home and I was overjoyed for Greta. Having her husband home after 6 months was such a relief. Then a couple of posts later there was the video of his arriving home and surprising her. I honestly cried.
I could go into all the things that have happened since then, but I don’t want to ruin the story for you. I truly enjoyed this blog and will be keeping tabs on it to see where it goes to now. My only complaint about this site has to do with the layout and how long it takes to load due to all of the included content from other sites. Other than that, this is one heck of a blog. I can’t encourage you enough to go read this blog, even if you only read from October 2004-April of 2005. This has been one journey that I will not forget, and I am glad that there are people like Greta posting about the things that really matter: family.
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