We Miss You

We’ve known this day was coming for a while now, but no one can prepare you for when that day finally arrives. The day that Courtney left for deployment. 

Courtney has now been in the military for 15 years and we have been lucky enough to not have to deal with a deployment, until now. We know this is something that Courtney has wanted to do for his career since the beginning, but that still doesn’t make your heart feel any better when you’re missing your other half. 

 

The see you laters were hard, very hard. It was especially hard seeing how hard the kids took it once we had to have the finally good byes. Dang, it was hard, harder than I ever thought. No one can prepare you for the emotions that come over you when you have your spouse deploy. And I’m not just dealing with my own emotions. I also have the kids emotions that I need to help them process through. 

We are used to having Courtney leave for work for long periods of time, but this period of time is going to be a lot longer than we have ever experienced. 

Let the countdown begin. Yes, It’s hard to have our person leave us for a long period of time, but also now that he’s gone, our countdown to him coming home to us can now begin. 

There are lots of emotions, there are good and not so good days, but we are all trying to see the positives in every day.