[HiJinx]

Ok, let's see if this writer can find the words to say what your comment evoked in me....

Focusing on the heart and not the physical attributes of a person captures the essence of life for countless thousands of couples in the military. When you look at the photos of couples reunited after a deployment, you tend to see physically pretty people...but that doesn't begin to tell the real story.

Military families come in all shapes and sizes, from petite to queen size. Yet the love and devotion between military members and their spouses transcends that reality. I can't put down in words with authority everything that binds them together, but it begins in the heart.

Perhaps it's the move away from the traditional support network of family and the necessity of relying on each other for survival (as was our case). Maybe it's the acknowledgement of the sacrifice, the 'noble calling' if you will, of military service. And maybe it's just plain old-fashioned love.

Whatever the motivation, it really is true that we love each other for who we are more than the size of our bottoms!!!

[Fawnn]

I was trying to crack a joke about those of us extending good wishes *to* military families. (My veteran spouse is dead.)

No offense was intended. I apologize.