DIARIES OF A FASHION ARMY WIFE.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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Featured in Military Spouse Magazine Ranked as #25 Cutest Couples.
Featured on the Huffington Post/ Huff Post Style
Picture While Deployed to Afghanistan 2013
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Happy 5 year Anniversary Mr & Mrs Luna.
We Renew Our Vows on a Cruise and Celebrated the same day our 5 year Anniversary.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.Ephesians 5:25
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Happy Memorial Day. There is nothing happy about war. Was is a terrible thing. People die, People get killed by people, Today we remember all of those who have fallen to protect our country. We remember those who were able to come back to their family, safe from living that hell called deployment. I am lucky because my husband is here and back safely from Afghanistan. Today is a day of remembrance. today is not about BBQ's, getting drunk and partying. It's all about those people who were willing to sacrifice their lives for us. For the families and strangers and this country. We need to look at ourselves today and ask? if we are really doing the best possibly we can, are we doing the right things? Are we making our lives worth for some stranger to die for? All i can say is thank you so much for being Brave.
To my husband/hero/soldier who is in this group picture far back on the right holding the American Flag, Thank you for your sacrifice and all you do. I am forever a Proud Army Wife.
For the 3 fallen soldiers from his company last year in Afghanistan and the many fallen soldiers past and present, you are not forgotten today is a day to Remember all you did, your sacrifice for us, your families and country.
Memorial Day is important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.
To Those who couraegously give their life and to those who bravely fight today
Thank You.
To a few of the soldiers i've met here in Ft. Eustis Virginia Thank You for all you do: My Husband Luna and colleagues Jenkins, Burke,Ruiz, Minor, Perez, Gonzalez, Kelly, Caballero,Asila, Villalobos, Trinidad and all the 359th ICTC Family.
Home of the free, Because of the Brave
Fallen Soldiers in Afghanistan 2013 SGT Johnson Jr, SGT Lawson & SPC Nouv R.I.P
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
You're getting there. You might not be there yet, but it's coming. If you didn't like Winter because it brought the cold lonely nights and some of the biggest holidays without your loved one, forget about it. It's time to kick Winter to the curb because by the time you're through with this month, Spring will be here!
You're going to have bad days, hell, you're going to have bad months and sometimes that homecoming is going to seem like it'll never come but always remember that another day over is another day closer. The great thing about time, as big of an enemy as it seems right now, is that it never stops moving!
If you haven't made your Easter care package yet, now's the time do it, get busy and don't stop looking toward that finish line: HOMECOMING! Deployment ends. but Love does not.
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
To all the Military Wives out there cheers to us and the great support we are to our Hero's.
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
What a Great Feeling was it to have my husband home for this Valentine's Day
It's Valentine's Day. This means chocolate, flowers, dinner and cuddling. Romance is all around. Scrolling through your newsfeed, all you see is gifts and those that aren't posting roses and cards, are posting how much they hate this holiday meanwhile all you're doing is sitting there waiting for a phone call, an email... anything. You're waiting for that call not because it's Valentine's Day but because a phone call means they're okay.
I'm sorry. so sorry you feel more alone than ever on this day but remember -- you're not alone. You're never alone. You've got a love that spans oceans. You know what's important in life; what matters. This day is bringing you one day closer to your love and one day closer to that homecoming you're longing for and when that day finally comes, it's going to be better than 1000 Valentine's Days.
It's okay if you want to be sad today. You're allowed to cry; you're allowed to miss someone. It's okay to want to hide under the covers and wait until this day is over but while you're doing that, take a deep breath and repeat after me:
It won't always be like this. Deployments end. Love does not, i witness this exact feeling last year and am so very proud i can write and cheer other army wives like you going threw this moment, remember their fighting for our freedom and this deployment will end very soon.
I'm sorry. so sorry you feel more alone than ever on this day but remember -- you're not alone. You're never alone. You've got a love that spans oceans. You know what's important in life; what matters. This day is bringing you one day closer to your love and one day closer to that homecoming you're longing for and when that day finally comes, it's going to be better than 1000 Valentine's Days.
It's okay if you want to be sad today. You're allowed to cry; you're allowed to miss someone. It's okay to want to hide under the covers and wait until this day is over but while you're doing that, take a deep breath and repeat after me:
It won't always be like this. Deployments end. Love does not, i witness this exact feeling last year and am so very proud i can write and cheer other army wives like you going threw this moment, remember their fighting for our freedom and this deployment will end very soon.
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
December 12, It's my Hero's Birthday
Today is a great day, as my husband is blessed to see another year. Happy Birthday to the best husband in the world. I feel so blessed to have found Love in your arms. I feel so proud of you and all that you do for me and this country i am very proud to call you my husband Joe Luna, may you be blessed with all that you have ever dreamt of and may God continue to Bless you with many more.
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
Tomorrow, millions around the country will pause from their laughter, their cheers for more touchdowns, and their cooking to bow their heads, hold hands, and think about all that they are thankful for. They will remember relatives that have passed on, and squeeze the shoulders of those who were able to make it.
And, then, many will lift up prayers for our servicemen and women overseas... as well as all of you.
They will pray for their safety, and a speedy return home. They will give thanks for their sacrifice, and for your sacrifice, that you willingly bid them goodbye, and anxiously await their return. Then, all eyes will open, and their thoughts will return to food, football, and family.
But, for most of you, the men in the camouflage uniform are never off your mind. As you carve the turkey, as you welcome guests, as you lay your head down after an exhausting day, you miss him. He was away, so that others could enjoy being together. He was away so we could feel safe as a country. A seat at your table was empty, so that others could fill theirs with family.
During a deployment, holidays can be lonely, even in the company of friends. But, think about tomorrow, when the millions of people they fight for each day, clasp hands and specifically think about those men and women we love, and pray for their safety, and our sanity. It's really beautiful.
Thank you to all service members for their service, and to all the family members waiting for them to come home. Thanksgiving is but one day, and when each family is complete again, there will be plenty more days for memories.
Happy Thanksgiving, I am extremely Thankful to have my husband by my side, with me for this thanksgiving just know i am praying for all of you service men safety and those who waits for you patiently.
And, then, many will lift up prayers for our servicemen and women overseas... as well as all of you.
They will pray for their safety, and a speedy return home. They will give thanks for their sacrifice, and for your sacrifice, that you willingly bid them goodbye, and anxiously await their return. Then, all eyes will open, and their thoughts will return to food, football, and family.
But, for most of you, the men in the camouflage uniform are never off your mind. As you carve the turkey, as you welcome guests, as you lay your head down after an exhausting day, you miss him. He was away, so that others could enjoy being together. He was away so we could feel safe as a country. A seat at your table was empty, so that others could fill theirs with family.
During a deployment, holidays can be lonely, even in the company of friends. But, think about tomorrow, when the millions of people they fight for each day, clasp hands and specifically think about those men and women we love, and pray for their safety, and our sanity. It's really beautiful.
Thank you to all service members for their service, and to all the family members waiting for them to come home. Thanksgiving is but one day, and when each family is complete again, there will be plenty more days for memories.
Happy Thanksgiving, I am extremely Thankful to have my husband by my side, with me for this thanksgiving just know i am praying for all of you service men safety and those who waits for you patiently.
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
After 270 Days = 9 long months i can finally say YES I DID IT, this deployment was such a great experience with ups and downs but it thought me a lot about my self and things i thought i was not capable to accomplish but i am proud of my self, i am proud of my Hero, my soldier, my husband and best friend for making it safely back to me, my happiness is in the arms of my love one. Thank you for all the support from all the army wives who reached out to me with deployment experience i made new friends which i call my army sisters because these women i salute them and i admire them for extending me a hand when i needed help and support when no one else understood my pain while my Soldier was deployed, but i am pleased to share with you guys today That he made it Home safe and am so happy to share his Homecoming pictures with you guys 09/09/13
Welcome Home 359th ICTC
My countdown is Over he is Home Welcome Home Hero Luna.
I said to my self why order a Welcome Home Banner when i can make my own sign, i mean i've made so many care packages and i like the thought and effort ill put into it so i made mines what you girls think?
I am ready to welcome my Soldier Home.
I am not the only one who made a sign what u guys think about Chloe's cute little sign.
HE LOOKED, HE FELT, HE SMELLED , HE SOUND JUST LIKE I REMEMBER OR EVEN BETTER I FINALLY GOT TO REUNITE WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AGAIN, FOR THOSE GOING THEW DEPLOYMENT JUST KNOW IT WILL END SOON THAT YOU ARE A DAY CLOSER AND THAT YOU CAN DO IT.
Whether it was a good day or one of those not so good days... You're now one day closer!
Remember, you are stronger than you think!! A lot of people admire YOU because of what you're going through, and what you're doing, and all the support you are giving to your loved one while he/she is away! Be proud of that!!
We walk around with our heads held high when we are around people, no one sees the invisible pain. We hide it so well and then all of a sudden, we're driving home and their favorite song comes on or we are at home alone and we find ourselves staring at his pictures and holding on to their shirts so tight. And then the tears come out. Take those tears as another sign of all your strength and the infinite love for them. You will get through this, this is not forever!
So now, take a deep breath and be thankful for this moment, for them, and imagine the homecoming, the kisses and the hugs that await YOU and your loved one in the future! Hang in there, you can do this, it will be over before you know it!
Remember, you are stronger than you think!! A lot of people admire YOU because of what you're going through, and what you're doing, and all the support you are giving to your loved one while he/she is away! Be proud of that!!
We walk around with our heads held high when we are around people, no one sees the invisible pain. We hide it so well and then all of a sudden, we're driving home and their favorite song comes on or we are at home alone and we find ourselves staring at his pictures and holding on to their shirts so tight. And then the tears come out. Take those tears as another sign of all your strength and the infinite love for them. You will get through this, this is not forever!
So now, take a deep breath and be thankful for this moment, for them, and imagine the homecoming, the kisses and the hugs that await YOU and your loved one in the future! Hang in there, you can do this, it will be over before you know it!
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
HAPPY JULY 4TH EVERYONE.
-Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
Dear Diary:
Sometimes it's okay to not be okay...
I am dealing with months of separation combined with worry and grief and heartache.
If i get a phone call from my hubby overseas and find my self in tears as i hang up -- it's okay.
If i break down in the middle of the grocery store, shopping malls even my break time from work somewhere on 5th ave when i see another happy couple and wish so badly that could be me -- it's okay.
If i watch a silly YouTube video before i go to bed and it resolves you to hysterics -- it's okay.
And if no one understands my moments of despair -- it's okay!
Being strong doesn't mean putting on a smile every single day. Some days being strong just means making it through another day. My moment of jealousy when i feel like am missing out on what others are taking for granted, my hint of desperation as i pray to see a message in my gmail inbox, our a random number on my screen for at least a five minute phone call -- those are not things that define weakness; those are things letting me know that my heart is aching.
I am not trying to prove to the world that i am invincible, am just trying to prove to the world that I can make it. If the absence of my Soldier has gotten to me today (as it has to other army wives going threw deployment), just take a deep breath and tell yourself "I'm one day closer." Some days might not be great but there are great things in every single day and sometimes that greatness is simply just the unwavering love that is pulling me through my loved one deployment.
There are days when deployment is going to get the best of me but i don't let those days break me. Tomorrow is a new day with renewed hope so if today i need to take a moment and cry it all out, i won't stop yourself. I will Just be sure to pick my self up after i've cried those tears and say "I'VE GOT THIS."
Another day over. Another day closer.
-Fashion Army Wife
I am dealing with months of separation combined with worry and grief and heartache.
If i get a phone call from my hubby overseas and find my self in tears as i hang up -- it's okay.
If i break down in the middle of the grocery store, shopping malls even my break time from work somewhere on 5th ave when i see another happy couple and wish so badly that could be me -- it's okay.
If i watch a silly YouTube video before i go to bed and it resolves you to hysterics -- it's okay.
And if no one understands my moments of despair -- it's okay!
Being strong doesn't mean putting on a smile every single day. Some days being strong just means making it through another day. My moment of jealousy when i feel like am missing out on what others are taking for granted, my hint of desperation as i pray to see a message in my gmail inbox, our a random number on my screen for at least a five minute phone call -- those are not things that define weakness; those are things letting me know that my heart is aching.
I am not trying to prove to the world that i am invincible, am just trying to prove to the world that I can make it. If the absence of my Soldier has gotten to me today (as it has to other army wives going threw deployment), just take a deep breath and tell yourself "I'm one day closer." Some days might not be great but there are great things in every single day and sometimes that greatness is simply just the unwavering love that is pulling me through my loved one deployment.
There are days when deployment is going to get the best of me but i don't let those days break me. Tomorrow is a new day with renewed hope so if today i need to take a moment and cry it all out, i won't stop yourself. I will Just be sure to pick my self up after i've cried those tears and say "I'VE GOT THIS."
Another day over. Another day closer.
-Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
Dear Diary:
To all of my army wives and military friends,What has been your favorite type of care package to decorate? Theme? Specific holiday? - I WANT TO KNOW!
Is there a certain theme or holiday that you haven't done yet and want to try? If so Tell me i don't mind helping or sharing some ideas, since this deployment i have become pretty much a pro and i enjoy so much doing them as much as i enjoy waiting for it to arrive to my soldier and hearing what he has to say about my ideas and what i have sent to him!
Those are some of my previous ideas and care packages i've sent to him so far including my recent one which he have not got yet the 4th of July package.
Is there a certain theme or holiday that you haven't done yet and want to try? If so Tell me i don't mind helping or sharing some ideas, since this deployment i have become pretty much a pro and i enjoy so much doing them as much as i enjoy waiting for it to arrive to my soldier and hearing what he has to say about my ideas and what i have sent to him!
Those are some of my previous ideas and care packages i've sent to him so far including my recent one which he have not got yet the 4th of July package.
-Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
Dear Diary:
One morning am going to wake up and see my loved one sleeping peacefully next to me. I’ll look around and see his uniform laying on the floor next to his boots.Our dog will be curled up at his feet on the foot of the bed. I’ll take a deep breath and smile thinking that all that time worrying and praying for him while he were away was just a dream and nothing more. It may have been real in reality, but none of it matters when i see them lying next to me. He is home safe and right where he belong cuddling with me. I will continue to keep working towards that day when i wake up and his there. That day is closer than i think, so for now ill continue to be the best support i can be and a fashion "Army Strong" wife.
Martha Luna.
Dear Diary:
I am the lucky one. I am one of the few who have been blessed with a Hero's love.
I live for those calls; those Skype dates, those letters in the mail or even a Pink Diamond.
I live for those hugs, those kisses, those days spent in bed together cuddling.
I live for the promise of tomorrow; for the future, for that homecoming date that is so close away.
I live for his boots near my front door, washing dirty uniforms and bags all over the place because it means HE IS HOME.
I live for every moment i am given with him because i know what every moment without him has been like.
It's not everyday that a girl is swept off her feet by a love so profound that it can defy time, distance and all the hardships life throws at us. Treasure that love that you've found in your other half because it's rare and whatever you do, do not take a single second of this life for granted.
I live for those calls; those Skype dates, those letters in the mail or even a Pink Diamond.
I live for those hugs, those kisses, those days spent in bed together cuddling.
I live for the promise of tomorrow; for the future, for that homecoming date that is so close away.
I live for his boots near my front door, washing dirty uniforms and bags all over the place because it means HE IS HOME.
I live for every moment i am given with him because i know what every moment without him has been like.
It's not everyday that a girl is swept off her feet by a love so profound that it can defy time, distance and all the hardships life throws at us. Treasure that love that you've found in your other half because it's rare and whatever you do, do not take a single second of this life for granted.
-Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
Dear Diary
Deployments suck. I don't want to sugarcoat it so I won't even try. I wish I could say "it's not that bad," but the truth of the matter is they suck big time. Plain and simple.
I'd like to write about the hard reality that i've learned these past month's that i have been separated from my soldier, it's months with limited communication combined with no physical touch. None, whatsoever. And that itself can be difficult to comprehend. Deployments are tears, worry, grief and heartache. Emotions run high and you never know just when deployment will get the best of you and you'll find yourself breaking down. At the grocery store, out with friends, bathing the kids if you have any or at work; deployment touches every part of your life and the enormity of what it means to be without your loved one for months will hit you at any given time. Deployment is carrying on with your everyday life without your other half by your side. It's months of waiting and days of routine when every part of you is screaming "there is nothing routine about having to live without your loved one!!!"
I'm sitting here telling you everything for those that don't know like my beautiful people in the fashion world, but am sure all of you army wives and my army sister friends could relate, I'm sure we could talk for days about just how much deployment is "the suck."
The truth of the matter is that while we're going through this time in our lives where everything is out of our control and all we want, all we wish for in life is for our loved ones to be home safe and sound, we forget that we are the lucky ones. I know it's easy to say at that statement and say "yea right," but it's true! We. Are. Lucky! Deployment might be full of a lot of hard things but somewhere along the way, we learn things that many others will never come to understand. We learn about ourselves, our relationship and what's important in life and just knowing these things fulfills our lives and gives meaning to all those little moments that people so often take for granted.
So what do we learn and what are we blessed with?
We learn to say "I love you," every chance we get (whether it's in a letter, on the phone, via email, care packages or Skype). Once we truly figured out that we didn't know when the next time would be that we got to express how we felt, we started to realize just how important those words are. I absolutely did, i barely said I love you to my soldier unless it was before o good night or good morning or hi and bye but not it say it any given chance i get to.
We learned how to love in a new light. Sometime's it's easy to hug, kiss and make up without words when you're arguing or talk to our loved ones without saying a thing at all but what happens when all of that is taken away from us? What happens when the intimacy is stifled because your loved one is 7000 miles away and you don't have that physical connection anymore? Some of us didn't know how we'd get past that aspect of a deployment but guess what?!... We did it, for those who have already. We figured it out. We learned the importance of letters and pictures and emails. We found new ways to express just how we were feeling or thinking. I have a little more to go before i see my love again but so far am almost there and that alone makes me proud of my self.
We learned our own inner strength. We learned life goes on. Past that goodbye and those tears, we learned that tomorrow comes and with that, the promise of homecoming. We learned that even though we rely on our loved one to help us through those hard times, we can do it. We have picked ourselves up from those breakdowns and pushed through.
We learned the strength of our relationship and of our love. Not every bond is strong enough to defy time and distance but we learned that we've got something special; something that will pull us through anything.
And what have we been blessed with?
We have been blessed with the chance to fall in love all over again. People don't get that. They don't get a second "first kiss." WE DO! and i can't wait for mines to come.Through all the tears and heartache, we get to fall into the arms of our other halves at the end of it all.
We have been blessed with knowing the importance of time. We know that five minutes can mean the world when sometimes, that's all you've been given.
Yes, I have cried, I am learning and i have pulled my self through some hard times. I have stumbled, felt hopeless, felt defeated. I have prayed and hoped. I am still waiting, wondering and wishing. I've been through A LOT. And you know what I realized... deployment is worth all of it. Because if it means that i get to live out the rest of my life in happiness when all is said and done, how could it not be worth it?
Love always & Love Unconditionally.
Fashion Army Wife
I'd like to write about the hard reality that i've learned these past month's that i have been separated from my soldier, it's months with limited communication combined with no physical touch. None, whatsoever. And that itself can be difficult to comprehend. Deployments are tears, worry, grief and heartache. Emotions run high and you never know just when deployment will get the best of you and you'll find yourself breaking down. At the grocery store, out with friends, bathing the kids if you have any or at work; deployment touches every part of your life and the enormity of what it means to be without your loved one for months will hit you at any given time. Deployment is carrying on with your everyday life without your other half by your side. It's months of waiting and days of routine when every part of you is screaming "there is nothing routine about having to live without your loved one!!!"
I'm sitting here telling you everything for those that don't know like my beautiful people in the fashion world, but am sure all of you army wives and my army sister friends could relate, I'm sure we could talk for days about just how much deployment is "the suck."
The truth of the matter is that while we're going through this time in our lives where everything is out of our control and all we want, all we wish for in life is for our loved ones to be home safe and sound, we forget that we are the lucky ones. I know it's easy to say at that statement and say "yea right," but it's true! We. Are. Lucky! Deployment might be full of a lot of hard things but somewhere along the way, we learn things that many others will never come to understand. We learn about ourselves, our relationship and what's important in life and just knowing these things fulfills our lives and gives meaning to all those little moments that people so often take for granted.
So what do we learn and what are we blessed with?
We learn to say "I love you," every chance we get (whether it's in a letter, on the phone, via email, care packages or Skype). Once we truly figured out that we didn't know when the next time would be that we got to express how we felt, we started to realize just how important those words are. I absolutely did, i barely said I love you to my soldier unless it was before o good night or good morning or hi and bye but not it say it any given chance i get to.
We learned how to love in a new light. Sometime's it's easy to hug, kiss and make up without words when you're arguing or talk to our loved ones without saying a thing at all but what happens when all of that is taken away from us? What happens when the intimacy is stifled because your loved one is 7000 miles away and you don't have that physical connection anymore? Some of us didn't know how we'd get past that aspect of a deployment but guess what?!... We did it, for those who have already. We figured it out. We learned the importance of letters and pictures and emails. We found new ways to express just how we were feeling or thinking. I have a little more to go before i see my love again but so far am almost there and that alone makes me proud of my self.
We learned our own inner strength. We learned life goes on. Past that goodbye and those tears, we learned that tomorrow comes and with that, the promise of homecoming. We learned that even though we rely on our loved one to help us through those hard times, we can do it. We have picked ourselves up from those breakdowns and pushed through.
We learned the strength of our relationship and of our love. Not every bond is strong enough to defy time and distance but we learned that we've got something special; something that will pull us through anything.
And what have we been blessed with?
We have been blessed with the chance to fall in love all over again. People don't get that. They don't get a second "first kiss." WE DO! and i can't wait for mines to come.Through all the tears and heartache, we get to fall into the arms of our other halves at the end of it all.
We have been blessed with knowing the importance of time. We know that five minutes can mean the world when sometimes, that's all you've been given.
Yes, I have cried, I am learning and i have pulled my self through some hard times. I have stumbled, felt hopeless, felt defeated. I have prayed and hoped. I am still waiting, wondering and wishing. I've been through A LOT. And you know what I realized... deployment is worth all of it. Because if it means that i get to live out the rest of my life in happiness when all is said and done, how could it not be worth it?
Love always & Love Unconditionally.
Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
-Fashion Army Wife
Martha Luna.
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We said I Do September 18, 2009