6 Months Down

My older daughter has been on deployment for 6 months now. I miss her so much. We are a very close family and it is hard going this long without ever talking or seeing each other. This is the last picture I have of her that she sent to me on Christmas Morning....

That seems so long ago! I am grateful that at least half of her deployment is over and we are now getting closer to the day she finally comes home.

I remember the first day I took my daughter to kindergarten.

 I wondered how I would survive the day without her.

I remember saying goodbye to her as she walked through the gates of the Naval Academy.

 I wondered how I would survive the summer without her.

 I remember when the academic year started at the Naval Academy.

 I wondered how I would survive living at home without her. 

I remember when she moved to Camp Lejeune

I wondered how I would survive for years to come without her.

 I remember driving away from her this past December, tears falling down my face, as I left her the morning of her deployment

I wondered how I would survive without her.

Somehow I have made it through all of this and more .... but oh how I miss that beautiful face.

Thinking of you sweet daughter of mine

and counting the days until

we will be together again.