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6 weeks after my husband returned, we had the unexpected surprise of our daughter arriving almost 2.5 months early with a lot of post birth complications. Now we're getting used to our new "normal".
My husband just returned from what I now consider to be our 17 month deployment (if you count the months of special training in another city before hand) and we've unpacked and begun planning for our next move and... you guessed it... packing up again.
Ok, we WERE preparing for the deployment... now we're living it. And I'm more unpacked than I was!
We're preparing for a year long deployment, living in one city and traveling to another where my husband is in training for the next few months before he leaves. We've yet to fully unpack anywhere! This blog is for my husband, family and friends... and myself, so I can remember where I'm at! :)
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It's three years later... we've been through another deployment, several TAD months of training and preparing for our 5th deployment (and the second YEAR long deployment). We've PCS'd to North Carolina where we met old friends from past duty stations and made new ones on our Marine Corps journey. And we're still unpacking, yet again!
My husband just returned from what I now consider to be our 17 month deployment (if you count the months of special training in another city before hand) and we've unpacked and begun planning for our next move and... you guessed it... packing up again.
Ok, we WERE preparing for the deployment... now we're living it. And I'm more unpacked than I was!
We're preparing for a year long deployment, living in one city and traveling to another where my husband is in training for the next few months before he leaves. We've yet to fully unpack anywhere! This blog is for my husband, family and friends... and myself, so I can remember where I'm at! :)
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it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
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it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
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cannot blink at the fact that gentle Jesus meek and mild was so stiff in his opinions and so inflammatory in his language that he was thrown out of church, stoned, hunted from place to place, and finally gibbeted as a firebrand and a public danger. Whatever his peace was, it was not the peace of an amiable indifference."--Dorothy Sayers
cannot blink at the fact that gentle Jesus meek and mild was so stiff in his opinions and so inflammatory in his language that he was thrown out of church, stoned, hunted from place to place, and finally gibbeted as a firebrand and a public danger. Whatever his peace was, it was not the peace of an amiable indifference."--Dorothy Sayers
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9 comments:
I am crying right along with everyone else as I watch this. Thank you for letting us share in your moment of complete joy. Amelia is precious and her mama looks radiant! Welcome home, Rafe!!! and "Thank you."
wow if that doesn't make your heart want to explode then nothin will!
Awesome video! So exciting and touching. Glad you are all together again!
Every time I hear Amelia's voice on that video I want to cry. Just the sound of joy and relief when she says, "Mommy! He came BACK!" and I relive it all over again.
I love that too! I bet a lot of other kids in her situation with their dad being deployed so much of their 1st 3 years would be shy/timid at first, but she just runs into his arms and loves him so much. They have a great bond!
Laurie,
This is something I promise we will never grow tired of! Dear friends reuniting with their Marines will always hold a special place in my heart. I have tears streaming down my face & am just delighted that "he came back!!" to quote a certain little doll!
Hey Laurie,
It will never be boring I was crying and laughing along with you and Mia awaiting Rafe's return. My family watched it with me and I was the one bawling. I think because your "MC sisters" understand.. we will allways rejoice with you and cry with you over the ups and down this life style brings. With all my love- Connie Stay Semper Gumby =)
Laurie, this is such a special video, thank you for sharing it with us! Amelia is so sweet & this video tells us so much about how she loves her Daddy & how strong her Mommy is while he is gone. <3
Oh boy, do I have a lot of catching up to do .... My heart leapt to hear her say those 3 words. Beautiful.
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