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Just an update

Just an update. Not much going on really. Still waiting for my husband to return from the "sandbox". It is drawing nearer to the time of arrival, but still some time to go.

 

Oh, and to the reporter: our public affairs officer said that it wouldn't be a good idea to do an interview, also, my husband does not agree with doing it right now. I will talk to him about it after he returns and ask if he agrees then.

 

Back to the update. Our second wedding grows closer, as does my husband's return. I can't wait for him to be home. We've missed out on over a year of our life together. But we will get back on track and we will pick up our life and finally get on with it! It will be glorious to have him home!

 

So, many may be thinking: What's in store? What do couples do when they finally get to see each other after a very long deployment?

 

Well, you spend some "alone" time together, get to know each other again, and really just be normal couples. While my husband will never be the same, he will always be my husband. (Divorce isn't in our vocabulary.) We will go to church together, read the bible together, watch movies, cook dinner, clean, laugh, love, cry, curl up on the couch with good books, fight (haha), and even maybe makeup a few times. We will just be a normal couple. Whatever that means!

 

But that's about all for right now. I will keep you all updated and hopefully, when he is back sometime this summer, I will get him to write a few lines!

 

Keep praying for our troops!!!!!

 

:)


Posted: 11:44 PM, Apr. 19, 2006
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home coming

Don't forget that when they come back you have to make sure that he has time with the other soldiers he was over there with (a LOT more time than you want to give). It is so important to take the time to really allow him to re-integrate.
I know from experience that this can be painful. He comes home and you want him all to yourself, but you have to remember that he's spent the last year with only these guys doing their mission(s), hanging out, and also likely had some traumatic experiences that have brought them closer together.
I'm not saying that life will never be as it was before, though it may not be -- that can be a good or bad thing. What I'm saying is that it may take 6 weeks... 6 months... for him to fit back in to the role of your husband again. Stay strong together and I wish you all the best.

- an Army wife, currently on deployment #2

Posted by Anonymous at 2:13 PM, Apr. 25, 2006

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