Hurry up and wait: Soldier and family adjust to their new routines
August 28, 2011 0
Nobody could have blamed Johnny Cieslak for bawling as his mother, an Army reservist, kissed him goodbye before leaving for a year-long deployment in a far-away country. The stiff upper lip many military families pride themselves on doesn’t come easily to an 8-year-old. Four months later, the waterworks have pretty much dried up. The only […]