'Military mom' of four in armed forces introduces Michelle Obama

Elaine Brye gave the best line of the night. Not that she is the Mom of 4 members of different military branches or that her 5th son may enter into the Coast Guard. It was when she said she is not a political person. Most people are not "political" and easy to understand when you have less than half of the eligible voters actually showing up to vote. While Brye addressed what is important to her as a military Mom, she made no political statement. That is the way it should be and the way it is for most people in this country but if you only listen to the 24-7 media, you may think everyone but you have picked sides and ready to fight anyone. Brye proved that theory wrong.

Most people would rather work together than take sides.

'Military mom' of four in armed forces introduces Michelle Obama
By Robin Abcarian
September 4, 2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “Wow!” said Elaine Brye of Winona, Ohio. “What’s a mom like me doing in a place like this?”

Brye was not planning a turn on stage at the Democratic National Convention when she sat down last December to write a Christmas card to First Lady Michelle Obama. It was “just a mom-to-mom note to say thank you for caring,” Brye said Tuesday night as she introduced Obama. “The first lady not only read my letter, she invited my husband and I to the White House. It was an amazing experience."

Brye may think of herself as just a mom, but she is in fact a rather special mother. Four of her five children are military officers, one in each branch — Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. “Our youngest is still in high school,” Brye said. “And yes, we’re hoping he’ll join the Coast Guard.” On the lapel of her purple dress, she wore four rhinestine pins representing each branch.

As she introduced the first lady, Brye said, “I’m not even a political person. But what I am is a military mom. … I don't know when I'm going to get them all together again because someone's always deploying. But because of Dr. [Jill] Biden and the first lady, our lives are a little bit easier. Along with President Obama, they have made helping military families a top priority….It is honor and respect in action and it warms this mother's heart.”
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