I try hard to keep them busy, to keep them occupied, with their minds off the fact that things are not normal. That Daddy isn't home. And that we are not living in our old home, with our old friends and old routines.
We had a great morning with lots of laughter, but Ava ended up breaking down in tears seemingly out of nowhere, beyond frustrated about a toy that just wasn't doing what she was trying to get it to do. After many hugs and kisses and some time to calm down, she talked about missing Daddy, said she wanted to go home, and couldn't understand why we "drove away" from her friend Lizzie, when we lived in South Korea. 😢😢 I tried to hold back my own tears. It hurts deeply to see our children hurting. 💔 But we love Daddy, we are so incredibly proud of him and what he does in our United States Army. 🇺🇸 This lifestyle comes with sacrifices, but it also comes with many adventures (if you seize the opportunities and allow yourself to "go with the flow") and the chance to meet and make all different types of new friends from all all over the world. 💜
Experiencing different lifestyles, learning about new cultures...it's a life I wouldn't ever change. But like most good things, it also has it's challenges.
I'm thinking about all the military children out there today and the parent back home that's missing a deployed spouse. 🏡🇺🇸 👉Take each day one at a time, eat mac n cheese for dinner when you need to, skip the kids bath tonight if you must and maybe have an extra scoop of icecream after the kids are to bed. Do whatcha gotta do. We got this. 💪
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