I have started and deleted this post too many times to count. We'll see if it makes it to "publish" tonight. Todd is deploying to Afghanistan again. He starts training in California February 1. He'll come back home the last week of February to help me and the kids move out to Utah. We are going to live near my parents for the year Todd is gone. Todd will have training in Texas in March and April, then fly over to Afghanistan the start of May. He should be back March 2014.
I have been surviving by trying not to think about it too much. Now that it is January, it is staring me in the face. Every day that ends brings his departure too much closer. I hate the calendar.
Suddenly I am not doing well anticipating this. I don't know how I'm going to pull this year off with three kids and come out on top. I have been absolutely failing at positive parenting with two kids for the past week and am hoping I'll do a better job as a sleep-deprived mother-of-three than I have been as an end-of-pregnancy mom with two. The personal breakdowns have begun.
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Angie! I miss you!! YOU can do this. You are an amazing mom and were so inspiring to be around every time we visited. Someday you will look back on the year and it will only seem like a blink of an eye. I need to come stop by next time I am in town!
Angie you are amazing and an awesome mom! And I doubt many moms that are 9 months prego do well on the positive parenting thing. :)
I am happy you'll be coming to UT though, so we'll get to see all 3 of your cute kids!
I am praying for you guys, and especially that will get a super easy, mellow baby. :)
Oh my goodness!!! Angie, I'm so sorry. It will be hard but you are strong. Glad you will be in Utah close to family. That will help a bit. Prayers your way. When is the due date?
Angie, you are amazing. I have no doubt that you will pull it off, and pull it off extremely well. Hazel will talk all about her amazing house in Utah and the SNOW and Jack will have a ball chasing after her. Think of it ... you'll have a big yard and possibly a BASEMENT? Dreamy. The kids will play and entertain themselves and you can cuddle your new bundle of love. I'm sure it will be really hard at times, but you have a great marriage and a great family and lots of faith - that's all you need.
Having said that, I'll pray for you everyday. Prayers work.
Love you!!!
Oh, Angie. We need to talk! I can't even imagine how hard this is. We've been thinking about you a lot. I love you so much! And for the record, you are an INSANELY incredible mom. Seriously.
you can do it ang. and you are one of my mother heroes. seriously. can't wait to meet gem-stone!
if this was facebook, i would "like" all the previous comments. whenever kris is gone on one of his long work trips, i always think that i'm going to go insane when i think about the amount of time he'll be gone. so i just take it one day at a time. you can do anything for one day, right? then wake up and do it over again until you realize, hey, i made it! we'll be praying for his safety and your sanity!
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