Keep Your Courage

I’ve learned I don’t have to let the circumstances of military life determine how I’m doing on the inside. I might not be able to control a lot of our military life, but I can control whether I react in kindness or bitterness, anger or calm. If you feel like you are constantly adjusting to what has happened to you as a result of this military life, we work through that in this episode with some stories, some practices, some ways to approach this wild military life in a way where you feel strong, capable, and full of love and courage no matter what is going on.

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I learned that in order to live this hard military life well, I had to let myself be known by friends who were in it with me and had to allow myself to admit when I wasn’t doing okay. And now, I have become the person that I needed in our early years in the military. As you think back to your first experiences in this military life, what was it that you needed? How can you become that for someone else? Military life is an opportunity and an invitation to connection. I have some ideas for how you can build that in your own life.

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One of the most common experiences I hear from military wives, myself included, is best summarized with “I’m just trying to get through today.” Not all, but so much of military life is lived in those threadbare places- overwhelmed from a move, exhausted in the middle of a deployment, stressed from finding work or parenting solo or longing for friends. It’s hard to get perspective when your right-now life demands so much. When we have those moments- what do we do? How do we make it? I have some stories, some thoughts, and some questions to encourage you.

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I'm Sarah Sandifer and this is the Keep Your Courage Podcast: Stories to Strengthen the Military Spouse. Around here, we are going to talk about military life and how we can remember love and courage so that we can live with a whole heart even in a hard life. Consider this podcast your weekly reminder: You're not alone and you're gonna make it.

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