The Stupid Deployment

27 Hours and Counting….

May 15, 2009

In 27 short hours – if all goes well and we don’t have another emergency room disaster – me and my sweet boys will be with McDaddy. Two weeks ago we left our home and drove to Washington, DC in an attempt to fly out of Baltimore. That trip turned out drastically different than what [...]

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It’s Been Three Months and One Day

May 1, 2009

Three months and one day ago, my boys and I watched as McDaddy boarded a plane to fulfill a 6-month deploymentresponsibility with the WV Air National Guard. It was 8 am on a cold, windy January morning. That was, without a doubt, one of the hardest days of my life. Since that day I have [...]

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Dear Deployment

April 10, 2009

Dear Deployment, You can bite me. Seriously! We are 70 days in and have at least 110 days to go. This is really so much harder than what I thought it would be. The kids eat their M&Ms everyday but it appears that have just as many in their bowls as they did on day one. Do you realize you wreak havoc [...]

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A Long Journey

March 14, 2009

My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. Proverbs 7:19 (NIV) It will be a long journey for sure. McDaddy left on January 30, 2009 and will be gone from us for 6 months. We are so proud of him for his service to our country, but we miss him [...]

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Dear Deployment

February 5, 2009

Dear Deployment – It’s been a horrible day, but then you know all about it already. I had to hear my three year old tell my sweet friends at lunch today that his daddy was on a “long, long trip” and that “me and Steebie miss him very much.” Heartbreaking. He is only three, yet [...]

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Preparing For Deployment

January 28, 2009

In less than 48 hours, my wonderful, exciting, sexy husband will be leaving the country for six months to fulfill an obligation to the US Military. Pardon me while I swipe tears. While we have grown accustomed to McDaddy travelling quite frequently with his civilian job, we have NEVER been apart for more than a couple of [...]

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Dear Deployment

January 26, 2009

Dear Deployment: We have known about you since April 8, 2008. Since that time, you have wreaked havoc on our otherwise normal, happy lives. I cannot express how I felt the day McDaddy dropped the bomb news in my lap that it was a 6-month deployment. [Do you know how much McDaddy is going to [...]

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