notjustamilitarywife

It’s gotten rather chilly in the evenings and as I was getting ready to head out the door yesterday evening, I pulled out a little jacket that I haven’t worn in a while.  This pin was stuck to the left chest area:

In case you can’t make out all the words, the piece on the left says “Royal Navy” in the scrolls and the portion on the right reads, “The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.”

My mom bought two of these pins, one for me and one for my sister, in 1993 at a little flea market in England.   The story behind them, she was told, was they were made for British women to wear as a tribute to their sweethearts serving in WWII.  My mom thought they were kitschy and sweet and presented them to her daughters, at the time 12 and 9.  Given my propensity for losing things, it’s a wonder I still have it, one week from the big 2-6.

It seemed a little ironic to me that my mom would have bought this for me all those years ago, and now I’m a military wife.  And I pulled it out, for the first time in a while, during a period when Justin’s separated from me on a TDY.  Granted he’s not in the Navy, let alone the Royal one, but you see what I’m getting at here.  I like the idea of having a little trinket tribute to my husband while he’s away.  I think I’m going to wear it more often in the next few weeks.