Between the peak and the valley

[longknife]

Another great story from a veteran returned from Iraq and Afghanistan @ Doonesbury-The Sandbox-Military Blog, Milblogs for Military Families.

Here's an excerpt:

Somewhere between the peak and the valley is the normal; where a human finds themselves most waking hours. I walked down the aisle on October 6, took the plunge, and pledged half of everything I do not yet own to my woman. As I walked along the smiling faces I thought of all of those marriage casualties who had come before me, crawling along the sidelines and tugging at the extra fabric on my tux. Of course two of them were my parents but blessed am I to have grown up with four of the greatest. Many people were married when I was in the service and today most of the couples have dissolved the ties that once bound them.