So, R&R is almost over and soon my husband will be heading back to Afghanistan. Ugh. I'm not looking forward to saying goodbye again. Well, I think as military wives we know that it's not really goodbye, it's "see you later." But it is still hard. At least this time I know that the next time I see him, he will be home for good....and I won't have to send him back to Afghanistan. I was listening to a song the other day called "A soldier's wife" by Roxie Dean and there is a part in the song that goes, "with a tearful goodbye kiss....I send him off to this." That part always reminds me of the day I said "see you later" the first time. The day I stood there in my long blue sun dress and my big black sunglasses that consealed the salty tears running down my face. In the days leading up to this deployment, I wasn't sure how I would react on the day he left. I wasn't sure if I would cry or if it would take time to sink in. But that song always brings back that day and reminds me that I send him off to deployment. This time it feels different though, because I know that we have made it halfway through this deployment. And now I feel that I know what to expect. Maybe it will be easier to say "see you later" this time, but I'm still not looking forward to it. At the end of the song, she sings "I pray for strength, I pray for peace. I pray that he comes home to me but if you would please pray for me.....I'm a soldier's wife." Please pray for me and for every military family that will be celebrating the holidays with a missing family member. God bless my military families.