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A towel holder.<\/p>\n
A cabinet.<\/p>\n
And a mirror.<\/p>\n
This isn’t really different from any other weekend as I often tackle the DIY projects around my house.<\/p>\n
Except today there was no one to take the kids out for lunch or play with them or even help them clean their rooms while I was working.<\/p>\n
There are not enough hours in the day to be me and him….<\/p>\n
My husband has been deployed to the Middle East for 274 days.\u00a0 These are my real thoughts expressing my heart during his absence.\u00a0 I appreciate your prayers and kind words as we cope, adapt, and carry on without him until August 2014.\u00a0 To read from the beginning, click here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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