Any family of soldiers out there?

My brother in law is a Marine. My cousin was a Marine. I have several other cousins in the Army. I have one cousin in the Air Force and we have a couple in the Navy. We are so proud of each of them. When they are sent into war zones, mainly the Army and Marines, we are terrified that is our soldier, when we hear about a fallen soldier. We pray for all the families every night and thank God that our soldiers are safe. We cry with the families of the fallen and we rejoice with the families of the living. It is hard. Sometimes we go months without a single letter or phone call. Those are the worst times because we have no idea what is going on or if our people are safe. When there is no word and we get letters we have to sign for, our hearts stop until we open those letters. If we see uniformed people coming to our house, our hearts freeze and our throats close up because we fear the worst. The hysterical laughter that comes when we find out it is just friends of our soldiers is just our extreme relief that they are not bringing bad news. God bless our service men and women and keep them safe.