It’s funny how the people who can bring you the most joy, can also bring you the most frustration.
My thirteen year old lost my camera (camera, lenses, the whole backpack) and this cutie trashed my bathroom better than Justin Bieber in a third world country.
It’s hard to walk into the bathroom at midnight and realize you have at least a half hour of cleaning to do before you can even brush your teeth.
It’s hard to buy a Christmas gift for the kid that just lost $2,000 worth of photo equipment.
These things aren’t hard because of deployment, but they seem harder to swallow these days.
My husband has been deployed to the Middle East for 274 days. These are my real thoughts expressing my heart during his absence. I appreciate your prayers and kind words as we cope, adapt, and carry on without him until August 2014. To read from the beginning, click here.
Jeri says
My husband isn’t deployed. My 6 are homeschooled however. And the last few days have found me thinking I could stand some time alone. “It’s funny how the people who can bring you the most joy, can also bring you the most frustration.” Truer words were never written.
Becky says
Prayers for you. These kinds of days are hard but a deployment compounds them. Thanks for keeping a journal of this time apart. It’s a peek into what it’s really like. The last time my husband deployed we didn’t have kids but I remember what a struggle it was to establish “normal” – I didn’t want to feel that him being gone was normal!
You have things in perspective and you’re juggling the single parent role well. Deep breaths and know there are lots of us readers that keep you in our thoughts and prayers.