Can I Just Say….
What a whiny, selfish wench I feel like after whining about this little away time in the light of the leaked news about 15 month tours for the Army??? I ache for the folks effected by this. I ache for those extended, and all of those who are now preparing from the get go for more than a year away from their families. Something has GOT to change.
April 13, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Amen. This utterly sucks.
April 13, 2007 at 6:40 pm
I don’t even like drill weekends; I can’t imagine fifteen months.
April 15, 2007 at 6:26 pm
My cousin is there on a 15 month tour now. Every little bad news I wonder if it was him…
My heart aches for the families.
April 16, 2007 at 9:07 am
Please do not feel bad about it. Any seperation from our loved ones is a burden. Even though I face a possible such extended seperation (looks unlikely, but is still possible) I do not feel any ill will towards your displeasure of your husband being away. Or even that you have voiced your displeasure.
I am grateful for your acknowledgement that Army families are facing such extended deployments. We all have our burdens to carry being military families. But we are still a ‘family’. And family sticks together.
May your beloved come home to you safe and sound – and quickly.
God bless.
April 17, 2007 at 3:27 pm
got a new baby yet?