Aaron sent me flowers when we were in Utah to celebrate one month down in the deployment. Aaron's been gone for trainings before, but for some reason, 6 months apart seems soooo long and it's hard. One night on our trip as we were having FHE together with cousins, I realized Aaron had only been gone for 3 weeks and I cried that night. When I was visiting my parents' ward a few weeks ago, a lady talked about eternity and as I reflected on time, I realized that in years to come, I'll look back on this time and realize 6 months really did go by quickly. For now, we just take life one day at a time. When we're traveling, it's hard on the boys to be out of their routine and not sleeping in their own beds, but it's so nice to have the support from family. When we're home, it's hard because I feel all the weight on my shoulders of taking care of the boys, our home, life, and trying my best to fill in the gaps of the extra love and attention the boys are missing from their dad, but there's no place like home.
When Aaron and I were first married, a new military friend asked how we met. When I told her about our long distance relationship - Aaron in Colorado, me in Chicago - she said that we'll be pros when it comes to deployments. I definitely don't feel like a pro, but our courtship was great practice for our life situation right now - Aaron sends the boys and me each hand written letters each week; we facetime two or three times each day; technology really is a blessing as we feel so connected to Aaron.
When I start feeling discouraged, I take a minute to count my blessings and it helps me to try and stay focused on the positive.
Years from now, I pray we'll look back on this time and realize how our family relationship has been strengthened from this deployment and that we can do hard things together!
1 month down...5 to go!
Love you, Aaron!
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