“You know, no one is really happy here with dad gone.”<\/p>\n
I tried really hard to not take it personally. But my son was right. No one is happy with dad gone. Each kid is dealing with it in a different way, and some of them are less happy than others. But there is always an underlying sadness around here.<\/p>\n
I can’t fix it, I can’t make it better.<\/p>\n
I’m at a loss for how to move forward when all my kids are stuck.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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