Raising kids while your spouse is deployed
Military families are all too familiar with the emotional pain and difficulty that comes from extended separation. Over the last several years, thousands of families have had to soldier on while a mother or father was deployed overseas to Iraq, Afghanistan, or elsewhere.
In their “Hope for Homefront Heroes” article series, Officers’ Christian Fellowship is talking about the different issues faced by the spouses of deployed soldiers. In their latest article, Cindy Wesley talks about how she and her children handled the pain of separation from her husband while he was in Iraq. She shares the lessons she learned raising kids alone during those periods of separation, and offers advice for other parents who find themselves in the same situation.
The OCF site has many more articles about this and related topics. If you’re the spouse of a deployed soldier or know somebody who’s struggling to get by during a deployment, take a look at the support OCF can provide.
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