Our children are our stars!!

My son and his wife are here on leave. He'll be being to deployed to a undesirable area. She'll be giving birth to their first child while he's there. It'll be 7 months before I see him again and in 2 days I'll be taking them to the airport. I just don't know how I can make it through this. Is there anyone out there that has been through this too and can give me some kind of support? I feel like I'm going to lose my mind even though I have to be strong at the airport. It doesn't seem like life c… Continue

Thanks Admin Elle for getting my page back up! Your hard work is appreciated!! I feel whole again!! :0)

I'm proud of myself because we took Tyler to the airport yesterday and I didn't cry! I had on my big girl panties. Hehe! He was home on leave for 16 days. It was so nice to have him home. He was proud of me for not killing his fish. I tried not to, but, one jumped out of the tank. Not my fault. I will still miss him dearly, but, he is closer to home. Well, a 14 hour drive away or cheap airline ticket. I think I was just excited for him. He has always wanted to go to Washington and now he'll be a… Continue

If you haven't already done so, please check out this petition to reduce airline tickets for our military. The petition is going to the President and Congress. The web site is www.petitiononline.com/BSMMIL. If you agree, please sign it and help spread the word. Our soldiers and sailors deserve this! And of course, so do us Moms, Dads, and spouses. Thanks everyone!

Tyler e-mailed me today and said he got his orders. He will be at Whidbey Island, Washington. I'm so happy! The picture of the island are so pretty. Now I can't wait to go see him! Has anyone ever been there before? He will be cooking for VAQ airsquad, so he has shore duty.