Time with Michael
Our time together officially came to an end yesterday at 10:00 am. Now I'll have to wait about 10 months until we're together again. I've got to tell you though, this was time that was needed together. We had such a blast and the cruise was the perfect start to it. I've posted pics on our Flickr site - so just click it on the right.
He arrived safe and sound on October 12th, looking a bit disheveled, skinny, and tired. We spent that day together and then it was off to places on Saturday. Andrew & Patti came down Saturday night and we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving after church. Then we left for our cruise bright and early Monday morning. After the cruise we spent time with family and most importantly each other.
I am so proud of Michael and proud to be his wife. He told many stories of what he's been doing this deployment. Some of them were scary and I didn't want to hear about them. Others were things he just needed to say to someone. Of course I've come to learn in 18 months of marriage to a military man, that I need to be a listening wife. There are times he just needs to talk for the sake of getting feelings out. Post tramatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a big part of military life. He is constantly on alert even when he's on vacation. The slightest movement or sound makes him perk his ears up and become "Army Mike". That's when I give him the slightest hand squeeze and he calms right down. I've had to learn that this is part of our life now and I need to learn when to be the supportive wife and when to be the caretaker/calmerdowner. But I am glad to do that for him because I love him.
Please keep him in your prayers, as the next 10 months will hopefully fly by. I am praying for his safety everyday. They have lost many men in the first 5 months and it hits Michael hard sometimes. We are hoping that this may be his last deployment, but you never know what will happen in 2009.
He arrived safe and sound on October 12th, looking a bit disheveled, skinny, and tired. We spent that day together and then it was off to places on Saturday. Andrew & Patti came down Saturday night and we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving after church. Then we left for our cruise bright and early Monday morning. After the cruise we spent time with family and most importantly each other.
I am so proud of Michael and proud to be his wife. He told many stories of what he's been doing this deployment. Some of them were scary and I didn't want to hear about them. Others were things he just needed to say to someone. Of course I've come to learn in 18 months of marriage to a military man, that I need to be a listening wife. There are times he just needs to talk for the sake of getting feelings out. Post tramatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a big part of military life. He is constantly on alert even when he's on vacation. The slightest movement or sound makes him perk his ears up and become "Army Mike". That's when I give him the slightest hand squeeze and he calms right down. I've had to learn that this is part of our life now and I need to learn when to be the supportive wife and when to be the caretaker/calmerdowner. But I am glad to do that for him because I love him.
Please keep him in your prayers, as the next 10 months will hopefully fly by. I am praying for his safety everyday. They have lost many men in the first 5 months and it hits Michael hard sometimes. We are hoping that this may be his last deployment, but you never know what will happen in 2009.
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