Bharti Sharma
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The life of a soldier is not easy-and being the wife of a soldier is even tougher. Yet, it is also exciting in its own way. We live with a man who is not only protecting us from the world, but also saving millions of lives by putting the nation above himself.
It is a journey that constantly tests our strength, emotions, and willpower. When I married a man in uniform, I knew I was not marrying just any person-I was marrying a soldier. And that one word itself carries a world of meaning: sacrifice, discipline, and duty to the nation.
The beginning was the hardest. You never know when he will come home, how long he will stay, or whether he will return at all. But over the years, I have learned lessons that have shaped me into who I am today. Though I am not on the battlefield, the strength and discipline of a soldier’s life have quietly become part of mine.
The first lesson is patience. Days and nights of waiting for a call, for a safe return, have taught me that patience is not just about waiting. It is about waiting with faith, with hope in the heart. Even in the longest silences, I learned to stay calm and trust.
The second lesson is courage. Courage is not only what soldiers show on the battlefield. It is also in the wife who holds the family together, raises the children, faces emergencies alone, and yet manages to smile-so her husband can serve without worry. I discovered that real courage lies in the quiet sacrifices we make at home.
And the greatest lesson of all is love. Being a soldier’s wife has taught me that love goes far beyond distance and time.
When we remember heroes like Captain Vikram Batra, the braveheart of Kargil, we understand this truth even more deeply. He once said: “Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolour, or I will come back wrapped in it. But I will come for sure.” Those words were not just his courage-they were also the silent strength of the woman who loved him, who carried his memories, and who still carries his pride. The world remembers him as ‘Sher Shah’, the Lion of Kargil. But only his wife knows the silence of nights without him, the courage it takes to live with his memory, and the love that never dies.
Yes, the life of a soldier’s wife is not easy. It is made of waiting, of tears, of prayers whispered into the night. But above all, it is made of an unshakable pride-the pride of being the silent strength behind a uniform that protects millions of dreams.
Because sometimes, the bravest battles are not fought on the borders… but in the silence of a soldier’s home.
(The author is a student of Mass Communication & New Media at Central University of Jammu.)
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