A soldier's girl

[LilFrankieB]

A soldier's girl

One night a soldier looked up into the heavens and made a plea to God.
"God I'm so alone down here.
All I do is fight and face the daemons of the earth.
Please send me someone"

So God called forth his angels and asked them to help create a soldier's girl.
"Boss give her strength!" cried Michael
"So that she can bear the weight and pressure of always packing up and going with her man at a moments notice"
God was pleased and added strength.

"She must have patience!" called forth Gabriel
"So that she can have the understanding of the stress of the job that is required of her man"
God was pleased and added patience.

Peter thought about it and said
"Let her be compassionate, so that she can sooth away the nightmares and horrors that the soldier will see"
God was pleased and added compassion.

Jesus went forth and said,
"Dad give her faith, faith that her man loves her
and that no matter what it takes he will get home to her"
God was pleased and added faith.

All the saints and angels looked and said
"God she's perfect! She is beautiful and she is the one for the soldier"

A small angel took a closer look and saw a tear falling down from women
He looked up and said "God she's crying, why are you making tears for her?"
God looked down and said "I didn't put that there"

To love a soldier is to take on the hardest task in all the world.


Thought you'd all enjoy that.

[Scoobysgal]

that made me cry!! Everything makes me cry nowadays though. Thank you for sharing!! I'm sending it to Jordan today

[NavyKat]

I think the original version of that was by Erma Bombeck, 1974

The Military Wife

The good Lord was creating a model for military wives and was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared. She said, "Lord, you seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one. What’s wrong with the standard model?"

The Lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this order? She has to be completely independent, possess the qualities of both father and mother, be a perfect hostess to four or forty with an hour’s notice, run on black coffee, handle every emergency imaginable without a manual, be able to carry on cheerfully, even if she is pregnant or disabled and has a flu, and then she must be willing to move to a new location ten times in seventeen years. And oh, yes, she must have six pairs of hands".

The angel shook her head. "Six pairs of hands? No way". The Lord continued, "Don’t worry, we will make other Navy wives to help her. And we will give her an unusually strong heart so it can swell with pride of her husband’s achievements, sustain the pain of separations, beat soundly when it is overworked and tired, and be large enough to say, "I understand, when she doesn’t, and say "I love you", regardless.

"Lord", said the angel, touching his arm gently, "go to bed and get some rest. You finish this tomorrow". I can’t stop now, said the Lord, "I am so close to creating something unique. Already this model heals herself when she is sick, can put up six unexpected guests for the weekend, wave goodbye to her husband from the pier, a runway or depot, and understand why it’s important that he leave".

The angel circled the model of the Navy wife, looked at it closely and sighed, "it looks fine, but its too soft". "She might look soft", the Lord replied, "but she has the strength of a lion. You would not believe what she can endure".

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Lord’s creation. "There’s a leak", she announced. "Something is wrong with the construction. I am not surprised that it has cracked. You are trying to put too much into this model".

The Lord appeared offended at the angel’s lack of confidence. "What you see is not a leak", he said, "it’s a tear". "A tear? What is it there for?", asked the angel. The Lord replied, "Its for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride and dedication to all the values that she and her husband held dear".

"You are a genius!", exclaimed the angel. The Lord looked puzzled and replied, "I didn’t put it there".

Erma Bombeck, 1974

[AvonleaMAF]

that was so sweet.

[louisa85]

These might be better in "Military Pride" -- a whole section devoted just to things like this.

[HollyJay]

I'm gonna go ahead and move this to Military Pride.

[MsBrianna]

That's cute!

[nessa8917]

That was so cute! I am sending that to DB! That made me cry! It was soo good! thanks for posting!

[his_dorkfish]

That made me cry it was great thank you