The NAVY sure wasn't lying when they said they would work on an earlier date for Andy's departure. It turns out that there was an opening on the 29th of this month and Andy has decided to take it. He will be leaving for bootcamp on Wednesday October 29, 2008. I will be driving him to Lansing and saying good-bye to him the day that he leaves. The boys will be staying with my mom, because Andy and I agree that it will be easier for all of them this way. Wow, that's hard to type without crying. Whooo... Ok...
So this is it. The day is fastly approaching. As all of you can see Andy will be gone for Brecken's 1st Halloween, Thanksgiving, and most likely his first Christmas too. We will be doing all of these with Daddy before he leaves though. We are going to have our own mock-holidays regardless whether or not it is the actual day.
It's overwhelming to think that he will be gone for 8 weeks and I will have to do this whole life thing by myself. It's hard to picture not saying goodnight to Andy or having him here when I/the boys need him. I can't even imagine how I am going to function without him. The only thing that I can do is have faith that God led us down this path for a reason and we must pull through it. We have to... for ourselves and for our boys. No matter how hard it gets, we are in this together and we will make it through, we always have.
With all of this said, I just hope that everyone will keep us in their prayers during this crazy time in our lives!
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I cry just reading your post... :( I love you all very much and my heart is with you all! Keeping with what you said about celebrating holidays,we should all get together at Granny's for a Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner before he has to leave! Its a MUST!!!! XOXOXOXOXO
We will be praying daily - and know that you will not be alone here!! - we all love you and are proud of your decisions!
Love you all,
Kristie
Hey, I just wanted you to know my boyfriend has been gone for a year now, and he deploys to Afghanistan in February, so I know what you are going through and it is extremely hard! If you ever want to talk or hang out, I am back in Muskegon now and I would love to hang out. You and your family are in my prayers!!
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