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Marrying someone with a hero complex is not always good, even more so when they decide to enlist in the army to help the greater good. Even more so when not only does your husband go but he also takes his best friend who is also your brother. War is just such a lovely thing, isn't it?
My name is Torvi Mini Nelson-Lothbrok and I am married to a soldier, he made the decision to enlist after our second year of marriage and our second child was born. My husband is Sargent Bjorn Erik Ironside-Lothbrok, he is an honest and fighting man, who is protecting thousands in his missions overseas. He is a part of many wars, and he will always be a part of wars since that is his job.
Without the sacrifice of many families, people wouldn't be as safe as they are now, many children would not be able to do as they wish, and women's rights could become non existant once again. Then again without the wars thousands of children would be able to grow up with both a mother and a father in their lives. Because all of my children never know when they will see their father again due to the physical demands that his job has to it.
I am the daughter of a war veteran, my brother followed in our father's footsteps and my husband went with him. Therefore I know war in a different point of view, I know how war can tear a part a family with nothing more than a news article. I know that it is the unknown which makes it the hardest, the cold nights when all you want is to be in the arms of your lover. I know what it is like to go to my sister-in-law's birth of her first child because her husband is away fighting a war he has no part in. I know that their is extra support until their isn't. I know that there is a mental and physical tole on every single person who has ever had to fight in a war. And yet, here I am writing about it so that my children are aware of just how proud I am of them and their father.
How I will end this is to say, if war wasn't a thing the world would be a kinder place, but asking for world peace is a big ask. Deep down I do know that it is possible just maybe not in my life time. I also know that my husband reads my blog and this is a way for him to see the personal moments that he is missing in his children and mines life so Bjorn, I love you. I wish for the safe return of my husband so that he can meet his son, Hali.