A youngster describes her feeling when her mother who is a soldier in the Army is called to duty and she must stay with her grandmother.

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My Mommy Wears Combat Boots is about a mother's deployment through her child's eyes. From special trinkets you send from foreign countries to video chatting to hear about their day, from countdown chains for your return to making your homecoming very special for you, My Mommy Wears Combat Boots can help you to explain that while difficult, your leaving is so important.

My Mom Wears Combat Boots is a short story portraying what an Army mom does through the eyes of her children. From traveling around the globe to telling the Soldier story, her children acknowledge her super-hero like qualities but miss her while she is away. Ruth Gonzalez Castro is an officer in the United States Army and has served for 24 years. Her combat boots have taken her to Japan, Iraq, Texas, Puerto Rico, Colorado Springs and Washington, D.C

My Mommy Wears Combat Boots is about a mothers deployment through her childs eyes. From special trinkets you send from foreign countries to video chatting to hear about their day, from countdown chains for your return to making your homecoming very special for you, My Mommy Wears Combat Boots can help you to explain that while difficult, your leaving is so important.

Tony has a military mom. He has questions about how his mom dresses and why she works far away. His mother answers his questions.