Betty mentioned this last week, but the story finally popped up here locally.

Last July, a group of military wives banded together during Blogathon ‘06, and raised money for the Intrepid Heroes Fallen Fund. One of their projects was the Center for the Intrepid, a $50 million high-tech rehabilitation center at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Tomorrow, this center will open. For all of you out who pledged to our efforts last July, thank you so much, because your efforts and generosity helped immensely with this endeavor…and so many soldiers and their families will benefit from those efforts and generosity.

Although I’m no longer an active duty wife (and technically, no longer an Army wife at all, since CU received his honorable discharge papers in the mail Friday), the year I spent actively among military wives will always be one of the proudest times of my life, as I learned to appreciate the military life and the challenges and sacrifices that go along with it.