Triumph of Hope over experience.

I'm going to overcome this depolyment if all I have is the nubs of my fingernails attached. I got a little teary eyed yesterday (not niagra falls), and the feelings from the last one have come back. You want to hold on to every minute, second, hour, day, night. I was reminded how I had the countdown to his homecoming. Right now a spouse and some kids are somewhere out there counting down the days of their soldiers absence. My Husband will take the place of their spouse upon their return to the States. Our family in turn will countdown the dates and some other soldier and their family will feel how I feel at this moment, dreading the months to come. I'm so blessed to have my husband here right now, my heart skips beats thinking he will leave for a year. I asked my husband last night if he knew what part of the deployment would suck the most? He said which and my reply was "The whole thing". So enough with the doom and gloom, put on my smiley face and say, I'm gonna make it through this a-okay! I am a strong person, becoming wiser each year, I've got what it takes from bye to hi again. Triumph of Hope over experience.