Staying busy helps the girls cope with the fact that their army mom is eight time zones away until January.
Despite the loneliness and their fears for her safety, all three of the girls continue to excel in school.
All three also maintained a rigorous schedule of physical fitness, martial arts classes -- Angelique recently earned a black belt -- and music lessons that have been part of their lives almost since they learned to walk.
Floyd Wiley, a former paratrooper in the 18th Airborne Corps, always had insisted that the girls study martial arts and music as well as stay physically fit. He did it, he said, so they would be well rounded. He didn't realize it would pay off when the girls were called upon to help run the house at such young ages.
"They are pretty disciplined as a result," he said, "and they are all very responsible."
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