Leave is over. We had lots of things we wanted to do but ended up just being although we did go to Children's Hospital Boston, walked around the Public Garden and enjoyed a ride on the Swan Boats.
My two warriors overlapped at home for a few days which was a treat to all be together even if for a short time. Four years ago the Old Man came home from a 16 month deployment during which the young warrior graduated from high school and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Before he went to boot camp we hiked up Mt Monadnock together because that was my son's release during deployment. He would come home from school and just go....rain, snow, ice, didn't matter. So, even though the weather was ridiculously hot and this warrior mom has only hiked once this entire summer, we did the hike again. I survived, barely, and ate up the whole day because I'm so out of shape, but it was worth it.
So glad young warrior was able to come home for a bit and that you all had time to make some family memories.
ReplyDeleteIt was good to just be to - and just enjoy each other over a cup of coffee.
Praying that the rest of the deployment will go by fast.
That is a great pic!! :) I think young warrior got bigger (in a good/healthy way) & your older warrior got smaller (in a good/healthy way too!) So neat that y'all were able to revisit some places where special memories were made in the past & make some new ones :)
ReplyDeleteThose soldiers you went to visit ... are they friends of your warriors?
Joining you, warriormom, on the front lines - in prayer for both of your warriors this morning.
Thank you both for praying.
ReplyDeleteMyStory, the soldiers we were visiting were part of Vin's Brigade. It was so very good for him to see one of them especially, his recovery to this point is nothing short of miraculous.
Warriormom this seems to be a time for many prayers needed within our blog community! I do believe that prayers help. A wonderful family you have!
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