Not having a birthday is so much better.
Today I decided to stop trying to be everything and decided to just be.
There was a lot of stuff that needed to get done that didn’t get done. Tons.
But when I tucked my girls in bed, my nine-year-old said to me,
“Today seemed like the days we had when daddy was here, fun.”
I kissed her on the cheek and promised her tomorrow would be the same.
He wanted to make his leftover dinner seem like a restaurant dinner. Don’t worry that’s grape juice.
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.
David says
I’m happy and proud of you.
Thanks for holding it together.
JoDi says
Congratulations on making it 1/4 of the way through! That’s a big milestone!
I make it through my cardio workouts by breaking the whole time down into smaller chunks so the end doesn’t seem so far away! Making it through 6 minutes at a time is much less daunting than thinking about the whole 30 or 60. Before you know it, there’s more time done than there is left ahead. 🙂