slipping.... it's slow, but I was laying on the couch last night and the girls were cuddled up with me while I was watching one of my shows and I felt this horrible pang of hurt.... I miss him so much already.... I'm going to be a big huge mess if I'm not careful. I think the size of the situation is finally starting to hit me... it's all on me here... EVERYTHING. This isn't just a 5 week underway... this is a 6+ month deployment.... :sigh

I feel so overwhelmed.

i'm so sorry hun...it is really hard but atleast he's not gone 18 months =[
we're all here for you

ya its really easy to get overwhelmed when you think of it in terms of the WHOLE thing... i try to not let myself do that (although i sometimes do)...when you feel yourself going "there" in your thoughts try to stop yourself and think of things you're going to be doing soon or things like that :hugs

ya its really easy to get overwhelmed when you think of it in terms of the WHOLE thing... i try to not let myself do that (although i sometimes do)...when you feel yourself going "there" in your thoughts try to stop yourself and think of things you're going to be doing soon or things like that :hugs

i agree sooo much...try not to think of it as a whole...i hope you feel better we are all here for you:hugehug

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It always seems so hard, no matter how long the separation but I don't think it really sets in until a few days after they are gone. Then it just hits you like a ton of bricks, like wow... I have so long to go and if I feel this bad NOW, how bad will I feel in another month or two. BUT the awesome news is that in another month or two, you will be towards the middle and on the verge of being able to plan homecoming :eek Getting to that hump is the hardest part so even though you think it'll feel much worse in another month or two, you'll actually have so much more to look forward to. You'll be able to start planning your homecoming night :drool and looking for dresses and naughty nighties :devil and getting signs and banners done. So, hang in there. This first month will be the hardest for you but I'm here if you wanna chat. Just tell me to drink a beer and I'll be enough entertainment for a whole night :lmao

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Give it time, you will get thru it!

I agree don't think of it as 6 months, just take it day by day and slowly you will get stronger and stronger. I was writing a post to someone else and realized it has finally been 2 months one more and I will have made it halfway. Then it's all downhill instead of counting up to the halfway mark I will be counting down to his homecoming. This is my first deployment I didn't get any kind of prep no bootcamp, no 5 week underway, nadda. Fortunately he is career and has been on several deployments so he knows how to reassure me. Talk to your man when you are feeling week, they are the only ones I feel who can truly reassure you and help you, although SOS sure helped me through those first weeks.

Stay strong for him and the girls.
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It always seems so hard, no matter how long the separation but I don't think it really sets in until a few days after they are gone. Then it just hits you like a ton of bricks, like wow... I have so long to go and if I feel this bad NOW, how bad will I feel in another month or two. BUT the awesome news is that in another month or two, you will be towards the middle and on the verge of being able to plan homecoming :eek Getting to that hump is the hardest part so even though you think it'll feel much worse in another month or two, you'll actually have so much more to look forward to. You'll be able to start planning your homecoming night :drool and looking for dresses and naughty nighties :devil and getting signs and banners done. So, hang in there. This first month will be the hardest for you but I'm here if you wanna chat. Just tell me to drink a beer and I'll be enough entertainment for a whole night :lmao


Always know what to say to make me smile and pull my bootstraps back up!!!! :sigh

It's day 4... and I knew it probably wouldn't hit until a week or so after he left.... I can still talk to him on the phone, but next week that will be ending.... that's when it's going to be REALLY difficult.

Hang in there sweetie. I am here if you ever want or need to talk. :hugs :hugs

oh steph :hugehug i'm so sorry hun

if you need me, i'm just an email/phone call away

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