For the past two deployments I have sent Brian an email just about every day, sometimes two if I have something extra to add that I may have forgotten, but rarely have I missed a day.
Recently I was having lunch with some girl friends from high school as it was the weekend of our twentieth high school reunion. I didn't make it to the reunion as it would have required finding an overnight sitter for the kiddo and the dogs, transportation to and from work for Paige, as well as an overnight stay in a hotel, in the end it was just too much of a hassle to coordinate, and as previous posts have stated, I am poor in patience. Anyway, at lunch one of my friends, with whom I basically lived with every weekend during the last deployment, recalled how we would drive around at night searching for open networks so I could send my emails. Oh how far we have come! Of course I have kept and treasured each and every one sent and received both then and now, and occasionally, I go back in time to see where we were back then. There is nothing like a little perspective.
As I wrote today's rendition of "this is my life", I noticed how excited I am getting now that time is getting shorter. I am finally allowing the protective barrier that I have kept up to slowly billow down. I am a little more talkative and feeling a sense of relief. I look forward to moving on to another chapter of our lives!
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