Every military spouse I know uses the same lingo when talking about homes. We either refer to them as our house we lived in when we were stationed at X or our forever home. The forever home is the house we will purchase when we retire. It's not to say that the other homes don't hold any significance for me, it's just that they were our homes along the way.
For example, our home in Oklahoma was the first house Ronnie and I lived in as a married couple. North Carolina was where Holly was born, as well as where Ronnie went to war twice. Texas was where Sarah was born. Korea is our first international home. And I am quite positive that our next home will have it's very own significance in and of itself.
Just like normal families who don't move at the whim of the government, we live and work in the community and form friendships and bonds that move with the rest of our household goods. We keep an eye out on the news in that area while keeping up with our friends that the military did not move with us.
This weekend was an especially trying weekend for me and my adopted homes. In Texas, over thousands of acres are burning and several friends have been evacuated from their homes as the fires advanced on Wichita Falls. The fire departments are out battling the fires that are being egged on by the winds. One can only imagine how exhausted they are. In North Carolina, several F3 tornadoes touched down in Sanford and Fayetteville on Saturay afternoon. The Lowes in Sanford was demolished along with several homes in the area. Fayetteville didn't fare much better.
Please keep these communities in your hearts and prayers as they start the healing and recovery process. I know they will be in mine as they will always hold a special place in my heart.
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