Waiting...it seems like you spend so much of life waiting. You wait in lines all day, whether you're at the Dr.'s office or cooking dinner. Everyone ends up waiting for something.
Today I'm waiting on a lot of things. My Uncle is having surgery at Mayo Clinic and unfortunately, my brother was sent down there for an emergency appointment this morning for his own health. Its ironic they are there at the same time for *hopefully* different things, but in a way its good. They are both very close and any news, good or bad, will make it easier to share knowing the other is within a few minutes walk.
I'm also playing the waiting game on my husbands deployment status. I let myself mistakenly start counting the weeks until his arrival home, only to be told that he may finally be heading to his original deployment job. Sadly this means he may not be home for a very long time. I have to lean more on the side of him not being home until Christmas or later just so I'm not let down when the news finally comes.
This is the way of military life. I don't have as bad as many other branches of the military-that I am keenly aware of. I've stated before that I can't imagine what it must be like to not know anything about your spouses location or when the next phone call will be. I'm fortunate in that aspect. But the new location isn't exactly the safest place in the world and his traveling to and from work every day is what terrifies me most. He's been trained to deal with bad situations, but there are some things you just can't be ready for no matter what you've read or learned.
So I will sit here and wait...and hope that my optimism will pay off. I hope my brother and Uncle are finally getting answers they need to hear and that Jon is going to be home before Christmas.
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