Hi Gayle :) My husband retired from the Navy about a year and a half ago after 21 years in. We were married for 17 of those 21 years. It's been rough going since then, job-wise...especially lately. But we are managing. We have 4 children too, 16, 14 and 13 yr old girls and an 11 yr old boy.
I haven't heard of the "Home of the Brave" quilts...I'll have to look into that. Hubby wasn't sent over there, he was on submarines, although if he hadn't retired when he did, he would have been sent to Iraq for a year. That was part of the reason he retired when he did.