Dragon Lady
03-16-2004, 10:16 PM
I am an American Woman.
I am a veteran of the United States Air Force. I served my country from the day I was born. I have a very unique perspective on military life.
I am the daughter of an AF Viet Nam Vet.
I am the niece of a WWII POW.
I served in both the AF Reserves and on Active Duty for a total of 10 years.
I am the ex-wife of an AF Active Duty Enlisted Man (husban #1).
I was the wife of an AF Active Duty Officer (husband #2).
I AM the wife of a Navy Chief (last husband, ever!).
I am the sister of two Army Vets (Bro #2, General Disch. Bro #3 Honorable Disch, Police Officer in Cali)
I dated a Marine (in my young a brash youth :D )
I am the sister of a Navy Vet (Bro #1 served on a sub tender, USS Dixon?).
Both of my paternal grandparents worked for the military during WWII at a very small training base in Arizona.
My two youngest kids both want to join the military when they are old enough (daughter wants to be a mech like me, son wants to fly like his dad).
I think this life has given me the rare opportunity to see every angle of the military. And as such, I can see no better person to moderate the Woman's Forum than Sparrow.
Her kind and gentle words of support for ALL Patriots is welcomed by this heart.
A true patriot need not have fought first hand in the war. My Gramm taught me that. She was 4'6" tall and 4'6" wide, she couldn't fly. But she could sew! She was one of the best Dopers I ever met, and I don't mean drugs. She taught me how to recover my stearman's wings with the proper stitches to hold that fabric taunt. She loved this country with all her heart. She came from poverty in Ireland and made America a home for her family. Both of her sons served their new home.
I support and encourage all women to take part in this forum. I have a friend who would love to be able to visit here, but she does not have a computer. Her son just returned from Iraq. Christine and I became very close when her son was called up. Out of all the people we work with she turned to me for support. I would never dream of telling her that she could not understand her son because she never served. I did my best to calm her fears and to explain some things to her on how and why he had to do the things he did. She and her son Scott are much closer now. He's not so afraid of scaring her by telling her things she may not understand. She and I have a great friendship now that we didn't have before. So now I print pages for her to read and we discuss some of these issues posted here.
We are women, we are the mothers, sisters, daughters of the world. Our traditional role is caregiver, even when we are spinning wrenches, we are looking out for each other. Yes we have been wronged. But that is all in the past, learn from it and move on.
Do I dare suppose that when I speak I do so for all women? No way. I have all I can handle living my own life. I don't need to live someone else's life for them as well.
Sparrow, keep up the good work! We love ya!
DL
I am a veteran of the United States Air Force. I served my country from the day I was born. I have a very unique perspective on military life.
I am the daughter of an AF Viet Nam Vet.
I am the niece of a WWII POW.
I served in both the AF Reserves and on Active Duty for a total of 10 years.
I am the ex-wife of an AF Active Duty Enlisted Man (husban #1).
I was the wife of an AF Active Duty Officer (husband #2).
I AM the wife of a Navy Chief (last husband, ever!).
I am the sister of two Army Vets (Bro #2, General Disch. Bro #3 Honorable Disch, Police Officer in Cali)
I dated a Marine (in my young a brash youth :D )
I am the sister of a Navy Vet (Bro #1 served on a sub tender, USS Dixon?).
Both of my paternal grandparents worked for the military during WWII at a very small training base in Arizona.
My two youngest kids both want to join the military when they are old enough (daughter wants to be a mech like me, son wants to fly like his dad).
I think this life has given me the rare opportunity to see every angle of the military. And as such, I can see no better person to moderate the Woman's Forum than Sparrow.
Her kind and gentle words of support for ALL Patriots is welcomed by this heart.
A true patriot need not have fought first hand in the war. My Gramm taught me that. She was 4'6" tall and 4'6" wide, she couldn't fly. But she could sew! She was one of the best Dopers I ever met, and I don't mean drugs. She taught me how to recover my stearman's wings with the proper stitches to hold that fabric taunt. She loved this country with all her heart. She came from poverty in Ireland and made America a home for her family. Both of her sons served their new home.
I support and encourage all women to take part in this forum. I have a friend who would love to be able to visit here, but she does not have a computer. Her son just returned from Iraq. Christine and I became very close when her son was called up. Out of all the people we work with she turned to me for support. I would never dream of telling her that she could not understand her son because she never served. I did my best to calm her fears and to explain some things to her on how and why he had to do the things he did. She and her son Scott are much closer now. He's not so afraid of scaring her by telling her things she may not understand. She and I have a great friendship now that we didn't have before. So now I print pages for her to read and we discuss some of these issues posted here.
We are women, we are the mothers, sisters, daughters of the world. Our traditional role is caregiver, even when we are spinning wrenches, we are looking out for each other. Yes we have been wronged. But that is all in the past, learn from it and move on.
Do I dare suppose that when I speak I do so for all women? No way. I have all I can handle living my own life. I don't need to live someone else's life for them as well.
Sparrow, keep up the good work! We love ya!
DL