Okay, so maybe it’s not the night before Christmas, but the last several nights have sure felt like it.
You remember Christmas Eve, right? The excitement…the anticipation. You can’t sleep. You just lay in bed wondering if “Santa” has arrived yet. Then you lay there staring at the clock until it’s time to finally get up. All the preparations are done. You’re just waiting for the day to arrive and the celebrations to begin.
And so it is how I feel…
All the preparations are done. We are just waiting for Kaelan’s arrival…for him to finally come HOME!
I am definitely looking forward to reuiniting with my hubby. It’s been a long, hard nine months. We calculated that we have only had about three months to actually be together since we got married last August. And those three months were not consecutive days. Every tried learning how to be a married couple while you are in two-different countries and have less than consistent opportunities to communicate? Yeah, definitely not an easy thing.
So I look forward to his return and us being able to finally learn how to be a married couple. A chance to experience what normal married life is like. To have some time to celebrate and enjoy life together. The little, everyday things that we often take for granted. Sharing meals, cooking, date nights…an OFFICIAL honeymoon 🙂
Of course, as much as I want to celebrate, you feel guilty for doing so. Because you never forget that there are wives whose husbands aren’t returning from this deployment.
Unfortunately, Kaelan’s unit lost several men over the last few months. Most killed by fellow Afghan soldiers who they had been training.
So as we celebrate, we also mourn. We grieve. We pay our respects and give honor to whom honor is due…Our fallen American soldiers and to their grieving families. Our thoughts & prayers will forever be with you. May God strengthen you and fill your heart with joy and peace when the mourning subsides. And may you always be filled with the wonderful memories of your husband…your hero…your soldier. And may we always live with respect and pride for this great nation and fight to uphold the values and principles it was built on. All in the honor of these who have given their lives. Who have paid the ultimate price. The ultimate sacrifice.
And may we love and cherish our husbands, each and every day, realizing that it could have just as easily been ours not returning home.
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