We havent heard from Kip in a very long time. He emailed me about a month ago but hasn't called in 2 months. It can be a challenge. BUT we get to see him soon for two whole weeks :) I'm trying to stay focused on that. We've been doing well, Daegan and I. It's just hard sometimes. We are doing very well though. I'm just so happy with where we are at ( Read more... )

I can't sleep and I miss my husband ( Read more... )

I am missing Kip a lot. I was hoping he would call today. Or yesterday. But that was not to be, apparently. His email was enough for now, I guess ( Read more... )

I will see Kip in 5 weeks. Hurray!! Also, he sent me an email today - finally. He said some things that made me sad, but mostly it made me happy because I was hearing from him and he's still saying super nice things - like he can't wait to see me and he misses me and he loves me and misses me more than he could ever show me or tell me. I was ( Read more... )

Maybe I'm just not ever meant to have a real family.

and i just got scared beyond the telling of it. someone pulled into the driveway at 1019pm. turns out it was church related. i was just relieved when one person, sans a uniform, got out.

I'm really worried about Kip. This deployment sucks in so many ways. Now I'm terrified about our future. I called Jessie to try to get some help, but now I'm even more scared. And Ben just got to Afghanistan yesterday; I'm curious to learn where he ends up ( Read more... )

This has been some really bad last couple of day ( Read more... )

6 weeks to the day, Kip called. I was so happy to hear his voice. Unfortunately, the conversation did not go all well. He is...practically at his breaking point. He's tired and stressed and overworked and ....short with me. At first it was ok, I asked how he was, told him i missed him, etc. He talked to Daegan and told him happy birthday. Then I ( Read more... )

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This song is my latest addiction ( Read more... )