She has her friends and the church to help her through the tough times, she said. But she thinks some of the younger wives in her group are still learning how to deal with separation. The children make up lists of things they want to do when their fathers get home. And they all worry. Just two weeks ago, a Russian peacekeeper was shot to death in Kosovo.
Officials blame Albanian extremists.
Riggs said of her husband. I want to know he's there doing something good and in the end, it was going to be worth it,'' she said.