Wednesday, April 28, 2010

"Spoiled Rotten"

In one response on the King 5 news site, some one said my quote of, "I'm a military spouse, why isn't this program open for me?" was "spoiled rotten." From this whole process I have learned that the news only takes a snippet of what you say in the interviews.

The point I was trying to make is that the program was for military spouses in general, and it was known about by word of mouth. Why is it that I'm an Army wife, just like Julia, and she's in the program, and I'm not? There's nothing spoiled rotten about that statement.

Speaking out comes with a price, and this process has definitely been eye opening for me. Every one can make assumptions about me, my values, my husband, the reason he does his job and my reason for being with him without even knowing me!

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About Me

Lauren and Julia are Army spouses. Julia was able to apply for and use the MyCAA grant, and Lauren was too late to sign up. We have done several interviews on television, and in the newspapers. Many Americans wrote very negative responses to our interviews. Many were about how military spouses did not deserve this program. The comments that were left angered us, and this blog is our response to their comments, and what the interviews left out of the story.