Osama's dead. I need to blog.

This morning, I woke up like any other morning (remember, my Monday morning is your Sunday night for you in the states), checked Facebook on my phone while I laid in bed waking up, then got up and got in the shower.  When I was done getting dressed, I came downstairs opened Facebook up on my laptop (why, yes, I am a Facebook addict!) and the first post I saw was along the lines of 'Hell Yeah, America!  Osama is dead!!  Turn the news on everybody'.  And at first it didn't register.  I was like 'yeah, okay, Facebook spam, awesome'..  And then I scrolled down.  There were 10 other posts, within 5 minutes of each other saying the same thing.  Wow.  A few minutes later Codi came in the door, changed his clothes, sat down on the couch and looked at me and said 'So, did you hear Osama is dead?'  

While I kept reading the posts on Facebook, 99% of which were positive, I kept thinking 'now what?'.  Don't get me wrong, I am happy that he was found and that he no longer has his life.  But my immediate worry was 'Now what happens to the troops still over there?  What about the retaliations?'.  There were other women on my Facebook with the same fears.  They're military wives, of course.  Not to say people outside of the military don't understand the impact of this, but I don't think it hits so close to home.  I almost have an anxious feeling.  I'm waiting for the news to start covering what's happening over there, I'm waiting for the videos from Al-Qaeda to start up.  

In the same vein, I have confidence in this.  People can say what they want about 'America's always just looking for a fight' and whatnot..  But you know the awesome thing about America?  We don't back down.  There may be retaliation, I almost guarantee there will be.  But the leaders here in America and our men and women in the military knew this would happen if Osama was killed and they won't back down from the upcoming fights.  They'll keep doing what they do, just like they have done and just like they are doing right now.  

As an American and a Navy wife, today I am proud.  Sometimes I don't always agree with what we do, what goes on and why we're exactly involved, but I see the bigger picture and I can appreciate it.   I support our troops and I am ever thankful for them.  All of them.  Past, present and the ones who gave their life defending me, you and what they believed in.  I'm happy my husband and all the other troops get to see some sort of closure for what they've been working for over the past 9.5 years.   I pray that the families and friends of those who lost someone on 9/11 and in the war since then are able to get some kind of closure, also.  I know the death of Osama won't bring back the loved ones that have been lost at his hand, but hopefully it brings us closer to an end, to getting our men and women home and starting a country of healing.