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As of this past Sunday my little family embarked on yet another of life's lovely journeys. We have spent the last few months packing, storing, sorting, traveling, and moving to prepare for our 3rd upcoming deployment. I say ours because while our soldier is away the family is left behind with a huge sense of displacement and confusion. Even if you are staying at your duty station (we did not, we moved closer to family for support) you are displaced. Nothing is the same and despite what some wives say, that their husband don't help anyway, you find that nothing is right. There is so much more to do in the day then you are prepared to handle. Even if you don't have the physical help, the support and emotional help that I have begun to take advantage of is no longer available. I didn't realize how I took advantage of being able to call my spouse in the middle of the day when the kids were making me crazy. I never had to repeat the mantra "Don't shake the baby, Don't shake the baby," when he was a phone call away. But life is what you make it and we are making it great! Well, thats the goal. I guess we will see thru this blog if I can actually accomplish it. So far...not so great but one day at a time right?!

This blog is being created so Thomas can feel like he is still a part of this family, because wherever he is, he is still a very important member of our family and we won't be whole until he is home with us. This will be a place he can follow his family in their everyday journeys. I can't promise it will all be happy and cheerful because a lot of the time we are not. However, we are strong and we are a family and we will survive this long year. We've done it twice before so we should be pros now right?!