What is STRONG?!

There are so many quotes out there about being STRONG.. but, what is it?! What makes a person STRONG? Muscles, Willpower, Confidence, Being High on the Corporate Ladder, Being Successful, Being a SAHP (Stay at Home Parent), Running your own Business.. How would you define STRONG?!


There isn't any right or wrong answer.. I believe everyone has their own STRONG! There are many journeys that shape us into the person we become.. Some bad, Some good.. They're all lesson's that we learn from. As most of you know, I am an Army Wife (& very proud of it!).. We have been through 3 deployments in the last 8 years. For me, this is a part of my STRONG! Being an Army Wife has given me a confidence & self assurance that I never would have gotten otherwise. When I look back at all the things I went through & did, I'm proud of myself! 


**I'm gonna go off on a story real quick! ;) lol 


The deployment before the last was a 15 month-er.. This was the LONGEST 15 months of my life!! We had just moved in 3 months prior to the deployment.. I had no friends.. & my husband had just left for at the time we didn't know how long. As they were loading the busses, FB (my youngest) who was 2 at the time had a fit! Not a little fit a HUGE fit! All he wanted was his Daddy & he couldn't have him.. My neighbor (who is now one of my Best Friends) came over to check on how we were doing after we all got home.. Her Hubby had just left with mine. We became friends, then best friends, then attached at the hip! Between the two of us we had 6 kids & we took turns being the "sane" one! LoL 


Fast forward to October, I had put our name on the New Housing wait list in June.. I received a call from housing on October 4th telling me, "Your New House is Ready, Come get Your Keys!!" I'm SO excited I can hardly stand it, we lived in old housing, so I couldn't wait for my new house! I call M2 (I have 2 friends with the same name so I'll refer to them as M1 & M2) :) & say Guess What?! I got my NEW House!! She had already moved to new housing, Lucky! So as we sit on the front porch we are looking at each other & I say "How in the Heck are we gonna do this?!" M2 says, "We got this! Even if its just the two of us.." And that's exactly what it was, the two of us with SIX kids moving a 2 story 4 bedroom house.. But guess what?! We Did It! Big Furniture & All!!


You know that saying "It seems impossible until it's finished"... That's how every deployment has been for me! Some of the things I've been through and dealt with I thought were gonna kill me.. But here I am! Still standing tall! 


Another part of my STRONG is being a Mother.. Being a parent is the hardest, most rewarding job on the planet hands down!


Working on getting myself in the best physical shape & making myself better as a person is part of my STRONG! 


So I'm curious.. What is Your STRONG?