3. Murphy’s Law brings us together.
Each time we’ve moved, I’ve been surprised by how generous military families are. Whether it’s neighbors offering to unload the U-Haul, my husband’s classmates spending weekends lugging furniture into our house, or smiling spouses bringing over pastries, everyone is genuinely happy to help.
It seems to me that the reason military families are so giving is that we know how often things can fall apart. We know how stressful moves can be, and how broken plans are often the norm. We’ve been through it ourselves, and we want to help others where we can, even if that means spending a summer day in Southern heat moving boxes for complete strangers.
I won’t pretend that I sometimes didn’t think about a life outside the military, one in which I could spend every weekend exploring with my husband, or book vacations a year in advance, but I know that this life we have now, where everything that can go wrong and usually does, has made us the strong, stupid-in-love couple we are now. Murphy’s Law may show up time and time again for military families, but if anyone can handle the unexpected, it’s us.
