I know I have been writing some pretty heavy post lately so I wanted to change it up and share a light hearted, humorous experience. For the past 6 months, I have faithfully been starting up my husbands truck every 3-4 weeks. Its also a diesel and its been his dream to own one. He got …
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When The Distance Gets To You
With this deployment, I have learned that some days are better than others. Thankfully not all days are bad but not all days are not great either. Its a journey filled with many ups and downs. The easy days are treasured and the tough ones I take hour my hour but I am always grateful …
When Time Stands Still
I can not tell you how many times I have been told "Your life doesn't need to stop just because your husband is away at training/deployed.". And while that may be true for your career, social and other parts of life, only recently have I discovered that unfortunately its not true for every part of …
Small Little Details
My Husband called a few weeks ago as I was taking a nap. When deployed, phone calls are like golds so I gladly woke up from when I saw it was him. We talked for a bit and I could feel something was a bit off but could not figure out what so I just …
What A Year
One year ago today, I did the hardest thing I have ever done. With tears streaming down my face, I kissed my husband goodbye, watched him into the recruitment center and together, we began this adventure into the great unknown. It feels like that day was a lifetime ago and yet my heart still races …
Can You Not?!
As tough as this deployment has been, its been interesting discovering what my "Stages of Deployment" are. First it was shock followed by "how the heck am I going to do this". Then the "whoo look at me!" followed my the "Oh no, please don't break" haha. The halfway point brought a lot of encouragement …
A Breath of Fresh Air
Just like that, the winds change, the tide shifts and things finally start to fall into place. I haven't shared a lot of all that has gone wrong but since he left but it has just felt like one thing after then next. No matter how quickly I fixed them, something was always, constantly, unexpectedly …
His Shirt
No matter how long he's been gone or how many months its been since he last wore it, theres still just something special about wearing one of his shirts. With him being gone most of last year for training then getting deployed just weeks after that, I am pretty sure I have worn his shirts …
Don’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
Or in my case, don't buy something you can't carry up the stairs 😂 #LessonLearned We have been trying out mattresses, the ones that get delivered to your door and you can try out for a few months then either keep or return. We have tried Cocoon, Helix and Purple. His favorite is the Cocoon and …
Sending All My Love
First care package has been sent! It should get to him just in time for Valentine's Day (hopefully). And with his birthday being so close to Valentine's Day, the second package is not far behind the first. They were both fun and stressful to make. Fun because I love going all out, decorating the inside, …
This Beautiful Life 