Deployments

My Husband has been gone for a while now, we are "over the Hump" and for the last few weeks PPL told me "be happy you are 50% done, its all downhill from here, he will be home soon!". Uhm No he wil not be home soon we still have XX months To go!. And just because we are "over the hump" doesnt make this Deployment a bit better. Yeswe are 50% done with this deployment, and i am grateful for that, but that just means thats been a very long time since ive seen my husband last and its still a long time until i will get to hold him again!. Deployments suck... and everyone that says "it will get easier with time" Lies ... it never gets easier!. For us ARMY Wives Deployments are 12 months long... How in the World is it supposed to get easier if you have to be without the one you love for that long? That doesnt make sense. And for some reason Deployment 2+ are alot harder!. The first time around you dont really know what to expect, everything is new. But with every Deployment memories of previous Deployments surface and it makes you worry even more because you know whats happening over there!. i hate not knowing if my husband is ok or not!. And i hate saying our Goodbyes on the phone because i never know if there will be a next phonecall. Every Day is a new challenge..... and an overwhelming one at that!. But i try to take it one day at the time, praying and having faith in God that he will bring my Soldier and every other Service member home Safe, sound and Soon!.

PS: Next time re-think what you are about to say to a fellow Military wife.... something that SOUNDS comforting to you might just rip HER heart apart even more