The Navy Years

<p><b>Did I dream of becoming a Navy wife? No! Never!</b> I wanted to stay in the safety of my own small town world like all the other post World War II couples I knew. But 'man proposes and God disposes' so dragging my feet I encountered a frighteningly unfamiliar world whose terms and conditions were created by the United States Navy. I tip-toed into it reluctantly and only years later when my husband was retiring did I come to realize how much the way of life had become a part of me and how much I was going to miss it. The learning process was challenging. I never grew to love the weeks and months of loneliness but I did learn to cope with it and grew in the learning.</p>