Be Safe Love Mom: A Military Mom's Stories of Courage Comfort and Surviving Life on the Home Front

About this book

When you enlist in the United States military you dont just sign up for duty; you also commit your loved ones to lives of service all their own. No one knows this better than Elaine Brye an "Army brat" turned military wife and the mother of four officersone each in the Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps. For more than a decade shes endured countless teary goodbyes empty chairs at Thanksgiving dinners and sleepless hours waiting for phone calls in the night. Shes navigated the complicated tangle of emotionspride worry fear hope and deep enduring lovethat are part and parcel of life as a military mother. In Be Safe Love Mom Elaine braids together her own personal experiences with those of fellow parents shes met along the way. She offers gentle guidance and hard-earned wisdom on topics ranging from that first anxious goodbye to surrendering all control of your child from finding comfort in the support of the military community and the healing power of faith to coping with the enormous sacrifices life as a military mother requires. Readers looking for encouragement and hard-to-come-by information as they travel the challenging road of having a child in uniform will find Elaine a wise and trusted friend and Be Safe Love Mom an essential handbook to membership in a strong and special sisterhood.