This a great! We often focus on the service member and tend to forget about the hardships placed on families and especially children. These hardships and the amount of endurance required to withstand multiple deployments and separations can and often do exceed that of the deployed service member. Furthermore, your family is part of the less than 1% of our population that stepped up and committed to serving our country regardless of what that may entail or the consequences that it may bring. As you stated children don't get a vote, but nevertheless are required to make tremendous sacrifices. Many in our country do not know what it is like to miss a birthday, graduation, wedding or worst case the passing of a loved one. Military families
