She is the calm in the center of the storm,
The one who keeps the kids safe and warm.
She tends to all the family's ills,
And manages to pay unexpected bills.
Remaining strong, with few complaints,
It's not overdoing it to call her a saint;
All the while keeping her own worry inside
Showing her spouse only love and pride.

About Author... Thurman P. Woodfork (Woody) spent his Air Force career as a radar repairman in places as disparate as Biloxi, Mississippi; Cut Bank, Montana; Tin City, Alaska; Rosas, Spain and Tay Ninh, Vietnam. In Vietnam, he was assigned to Detachment 7 of the 619th Tactical Control Squadron, a Forward Air Command Post located on Trai Trang Sup. Trang Sup was an Army Special Forces camp situated about fifty miles northwest of Saigon in Tay Ninh province, close to the Cambodian border. After Vietnam, Woody remained in the Air Force for nine more years.

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