Thursday, July 19, 2012

A brief Detour

I wanted to take a step away from the norm to discuss something and hopefully get some feedback.  I have always had the desire to start my own business.  Before my husband joined the army I wanted to start an organization to help soldiers by sending care packages, holding monthly meetings for the spouses, take gift baskets to spouses with newborns, and more.  However at the time we lived in Des Moines, Iowa and there were very few people who shared my concern for our military.  No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get people there to care.  So I was forced to put my dreams on the back burner.  Then when my husband joined the army I thought it would be perfect.  With my husband now a part of the military maybe I could get more people involved.  So when we were assigned to Fort Carson I couldn't imagine a better place to start my organization.  A few weeks after we got settled I told my neighbor about my idea in the hopes that she would be willing to help.  I started doing research and looking into getting started when out of the blue my husband was called into the company and told to get me under control and stop this insane plan.  It turns out that the Garrison Commander's wife didn't like my idea of starting a group.  She thought it would step on her toes as an FRG leader.  I continued to find ways to make it work but the more I tried the more she pushed and caused problems for my husband.  In a very short time I was forced to yet again back burner my dreams.  But now that has all changed.  In a few short weeks we will be heading to Fort Stewart GA.  Since I am not officially part of that post or assigned to it I have the freedom to pursue my dreams. 

I tell you all of this in the hopes that who ever is reading this will give me some feedback.  Here is my dream: I plan to start a full service organization complete with monthly support group meetings.  I plan to offer services to new wives by working with the post to provide newcomer packets, provide gift baskets to wives with newborn babies, provide dinners to families that have wounded soldiers or new mothers, and finally to offer monthly meetings for wives of soldiers with PTSD.  I plan to get commercial backers to hopefully start retreats for families of PTSD soldiers and getaways for couples. 

With all that being said I need some help.  I have figured out the logistics of the organization but I am completely stumped in choosing a name.  I could use some help coming up with names so I can file for my 501c3 status and get this group started as soon as possible.  I believe that this group will benefit so many people.  I also would like it if anyone has ideas to make this group better I would welcome them. 

I know that this blog is to mainly discuss PTSD and what we wives face when we live with soldiers who have PTSD but tonight I wanted to let everyone know how good a group like this is.  So please let me know what you think. 

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