Life is what happens while you're blogging...

Or rather, blogging is what doesn't happen when you're living. I swore I was going to update this once a week, and what did I do? Slacked the first 3 weeks I had it!

I was going to write about my impending trip to Phoenix, Arizona to see my mom and some good friends. But, of course everything was crazy and hectic like it is with 2 under 2. Then I was going to write when we got back, and we of course got sick. All of us.

Its funny, but I think one of our slogans as military wives is "Of course it happens when they're gone!" because it does. The very DAY Bob left my microwave tried to kill me. Then the kids seem to sense their Daddy is gone and they "attack". All hell breaks loose. This one is crying or that one is crying. All in all, it was pretty stressful.

But its not just me. I have heard countless stories of car issues, black widow scares (hell yes that's scary!), sick children, broken bones. You name it. As if we don't have enough to deal with. We have started to expect it though. And like everything else, we deal with it. We become stronger from it. What can I say? I'm bragging.

Mission comes first.

Firstly, I am a wife and mother. I have two beautiful girls. And a husband who is in the Air Force and plans to be for at least 20. Most of you that read this will know that being an Air Force wife and mother is pretty tough. Today my girls will once again say good bye to Daddy for an indefinite amount of time. Chloe is seven weeks today, so she won't notice yet, but Delilah is almost two. Tonight will be rough for her, as she will probably start begging for Daddy around dinner time. She is at the age now where she knows he is gone but doesn't understand he can't just be here. I used to think it would be better the older she got, but now I think maybe right now is the best time.  She loves her Daddy. She misses him. And in a day or two she won't scream for him any more. When he comes home she will be attached to him like no other, she is such a daddy's girl. But when she's older, there will come the why's. Why is Daddy gone? Why does Daddy have to leave? Why doesn't Daddy get a new job? The answer may or may not satisfy her, but hopefully it will give her comfort to know that her father has done some thing that a lot of us cannot or won't do. He has signed his life over for his country and to protect the people in it. His sacrifice is so great that he can't be with us all of the time.

Its not always fun, that's for sure. But its what we do. And we do it with pride.