Grateful for a Job

There are things I hate about military life, like deployment, but given the economic uncertainty in our country, I am very grateful my spouse has a job.  We have good health insurance, dental, vision, a good home to live in, and the knowledge we have job security.  Flexibility is key to surviving as a military spouse, you have to know plans can always change (my spouse almost got called home early from our honeymoon to deploy 4 weeks early) and there really is no such thing as a sure thing when you are talking about orders, but today, I am very grateful getting laid off isn't something I have to have a contingency plan for.  I am also grateful that military retirement is still a really good deal.  Don't get me wrong, twenty-years is a big chunk of your life, but it also has some good perks at the end.  So for today, I am just thankful.