On behalf of 2 million other military kids, thank you, too, for
your service and sacrifice.   I began writing a Mother's Day
note, and then realized I was writing for a million women like
my mom. My message wasn't just from me, but from 2 million kids
who, like me, have sent a parent off to war in the past 10
years.    Times of comfort    By moving constantly, it's also
hard for my mom to have a job. My mom discovered that there
wasn't much use for a political adviser in a small town in North
Carolina. Finding a new job every two or three years is so hard
that a study by Blue Star Families found that 52% of non-
employed military spouses would like to work.  Serve and
sacrifice  I know my mom must have covered up her own grief to
comfort me and my brother when we've hugged our best friends
goodbye. Then it is on to the next town or country. A new house
has to be found. A new school has to be picked. Everything has
to be unpacked, and new connections have to be made.  Then a
couple years later, everything is mo