I’m on the plane on the way to my BIG RACE… but let’s save that post for Friday or Saturday, shall
we??
My life has been
AWESOME lately- you know those times when everything seems to be falling into
place, work is going well, life comes so easily, and you are getting along with
everybody? Stress is LOW, and you
are HAPPY? That’s NOW for me!!
One of the major
factors to my “newfound happiness” is that my HUSBAND is HOME!! Dan is in the Army National Guard, and
he was deployed to Iraq for 10 months.
He’s been back in the states for 3-4 weeks, and has been HOME for 2
weeks now, and life is just fabulous.
I felt I like I held
up really well in his absence – I never got depressed or super lonely- I had
work, training, friends, and family to keep me busy. I worried about him, but I also knew that the danger he faced
was out of my control. Without
realizing it, I put up a “defense mechanism” and blocked out how much I missed
him and worried about him… We were so lucky to be able to skype nearly every
day, so I got to SEE him and know that he was OK!!
When he called me
that day in late October to tell me that he was back in states and OUT of the
warzone, I smiled and laughed and told him that I was so happy and
relieved. After we hung up the
phone, it really hit me- he was SAFE.
He was no longer in danger.
He was coming home, back to ME, very soon. And then to my surprise I let out all the sadness and worry
that had subconsciously built up over the last year and cried my eyes out in my
car.
Life is good…don’t
take your loved ones for granted.
TODAY, make sure you give your special person (or people) and big hug
and kiss and TELL THEM that they mean the world to you, and that your life is
better with them in your life!
Here are some
pictures that we took last weekend with my Mom and brother- my friend Bea
Corbin is a very talented photographer, and from these sample pictures you can
see that she does a great job capturing the love and bonds our family shares!
