Can I do this?

He left on Jan 4, 2009. It's June 22, 2009...it's been tough. Rough, tough and sometimes extremely hard. How can we, as women, do this? We are extremely emotional ladies...are we special? When we fell into love with our soldier...the last thing we wanted to hear was the word deployment.

When I think of deployment I picture Tom walking around in some desert looking for a bomb that could end his life! It's what he does, he looks for bombs then properly sets them off. When I think of deployment I pray that God watches over him on missions, heck now even when he sleeps at his base with the attack on the base in Afghanistan. Deployments suck!!!

I'm laying on my bed, crying my eyes out! It's Sunday, he always calls on Sunday! He hasnt called yet....it's been almost a week. A WEEK! I know my friend's boyfriend is in the Navy and they are out doing something right now and will not be able to have contact for TWO MONTHS!! I can hardly stand a week let alone a whole 60+ days!!

How can we do this kind of thing? Sometimes I wish I had children to help speed up the process of deployment...or to at least make it go by faster. But tonight as I was folding my laundry I realized if I had kids, I'd have to be soo strong...stronger than I am already. Would I be able to do that?

After Iraq it could be Afghanistan...then what South Korea? Uggggh.

Ladies..be strong. We will get through this..together!