Perseverance
Wow! October is gone this year. I have to admit, there were times that seemed to drag on and others that were gone in the blink of an eye. The fall arrived with bursts of color and internally my colors seemed to fade. My most recent pregnancy test had come back negative, my in laws were due in, and my husband was preparing to head out to Afghanistan for his fourth deployment, so we had already started the process of getting into "deployment mode." Now, that means we do not just prepare physically. Most of the "preparation" is mental. Not only does all the equipment need to be inventoried and packed; but we both together have to prepare for the separation physically that we are about to face. There is a definite emotional and mental process that military husbands and wives go through. We get into a mode of: we need to make sure all of the important documents and bills are taken care of, what if there's an emergency, why does it have to be a year, and the ultimat...