We're already fast at work on venues for 2008. This is why SpouseBUZZ is so deeply committed to our SpouseBUZZ LIVE events. I love sharing every single day with you, but I'd also love a bit more face time with military spouses, and I know some of you would as well. It's important, and vital to those who are geographically separated from a military installation. I work and interact with hundreds of military spouses a day, as do many of you, but we do so in the "virtual" world. But in the end, at least for me, the highs make the lows seem like a mere blip on the radar screen. I've said it before, and it still holds true, military life brings the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. I have the military to thank for that precious gift. I may have to write names and addresses in pencil, but I'll have a book full of names and addresses when I die. A point hammered home by airforcewife at SpouseBUZZ LIVE San Diego. When I'm staring death in the face, even if comes sooner than is natural, I know I'll leave this world certain that I lived, really lived. The majority of us have been given this fabulous opportunity to meet and become friends with people we would never have known if we had not married into the military. When you're at your lowest point and you're trying your best to "embrace the suck," think about what this life has afforded you. And then, I thought how lucky I am to be a part of this unique sisterhood. While we were waiting for our transportation home from New York, I looked around and thought about the many branches we represent, the many posts/bases we have collectively covered, the many countries and cities and towns we have lived in, the many deployments we've logged and the diversity of our backgrounds. From that, everything else falls into place. But that doesn't really matter in military life, does it? You dive in quickly and you automatically "get" each other. The point is that these women are - or were - virtual strangers to me only a few weeks ago. Yeah, I know what some of you are thinking, but Andi, you do that all the time around here. I was so comfortable with this new family that I even told one or two of my most embarrassing stories. We shopped, dined and toured the big city together. A small group of us spent a great deal of time together. You see, I was in New York with a group of military spouses. Sarah's words were particularly poignant to me as I sat in a hotel room talking with Ben Stein, Sarah and AWTM. Sarah told Ben it's as if milspouses are a part of some wonderful secret society. Ben attributes this to his wife's military upbringing, and I think he's onto something. After all, she even gets along with "the prima donnas in Hollywood," said Ben. According to Ben, she "doesn't have an enemy in the world." Ben has encouraged his wife to write a book about how to get along with others. Ben Stein's beautiful wife is an Army brat.
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