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.
My name is kati, we went to high school together and I just came across your blog. :)I I was a military brat, my dad was deployed a total of 7 years and I can tell you, with me and my sisters, we didn't ask why. We knew what dad was doing and we were so proud of him. It helped that we lived on base so all the other kids were going through the same thing. They will be so proud of their dad, I promise. :)
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