tear jerker
my husbands just currently came back from a long 7 month deployment. he wrote this very touching insert in his log book.
Someone once told me that anyone can be heroic, but very few can become heroes. Being heroic means assuming risk in the face of danger and prevail. However, to be a true hero, one must assume that risk, in the face of danger and prevail, in their everyday lives and actions. I’m pondering this as i sit on a hill in the middle of an operation. so i ask myself.. Am I a hero or just heroic?? Yes my job requires me to act, as some would say heroically at times, but am i a Hero?
I have to say no. No I am not a Hero. Being in the military and operating in a battle zone, does not make me a hero. I do have to display heroic actions in my line of work, but my everyday life does not stand around those actions. They are few and far between. So then I ask.. so who really is a hero? The answer was far simpler than i originally thought. I thought of my wife, who married me knowing full well what my job entailed. my wife, who carries on everyday, though not in direct danger, with the rigors of me being deployed and the tasks at hand. my wife who even when i return will be preparing for the next time she will have to let me go. my wife, who’s decision, isn’t dictated by her free will but by her love and understanding for me and what i do. for every decision she makes isn’t about her,or me, but about what i do. and how i can become better at what i do. that is a hero. someone who assumes risk in the face of danger and prevail everyday. some call me a hero, but i say no. no, I am not a hero just a man with a sometimes heroic job, and a true hero for his wife.
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