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Permalink Reply by Jharmesha White on January 28, 2011 at 10:34am

Hi Telly! My name is Jharmesha and we are also going through our first deployment. I hope you find some comfort in this site, because I definitely have! I'm here you need to talk=-)

Permalink Reply by Telandria Boyd-Johnson on January 28, 2011 at 8:38pm

Hi Jharmesha,

 

Nice to meet you.  YOu have a lovely family. How old is your son?  I read that your husband left in November.  Have things gotten better?  How were the holidays?

We are doing pretty good so far.  It's only been a couple of weeks.  I am sure it won't always be easy but it will be doable. I am looking forward to reaching out to you and other wives/mothers on the site. 

 

Jharmesha White said:

Hi Telly! My name is Jharmesha and we are also going through our first deployment. I hope you find some comfort in this site, because I definitely have! I'm here you need to talk=-)

Permalink Reply by Jharmesha White on January 28, 2011 at 11:49pm

Thank You... We hope to expand our family...... one day! LOL... My son is "Terrible Two" and a half. He's a handful and the best birth control I've ever had!!! I have ok days and I have really bad days. I know it will get easier, but it is definitely not happening as fast as I would like. And let me tell you, the Holidays were VERY HARD! I kept waiting for my husband to walk through the door like they do on all they Holiday Army commercials, but he never did. My son was looking for him all day and that really hurt me... Like you said, it's hard, but doable!!!

Telandria Boyd-Johnson said:

Hi Jharmesha,

 

Nice to meet you.  YOu have a lovely family. How old is your son?  I read that your husband left in November.  Have things gotten better?  How were the holidays?

We are doing pretty good so far.  It's only been a couple of weeks.  I am sure it won't always be easy but it will be doable. I am looking forward to reaching out to you and other wives/mothers on the site. 

 

Jharmesha White said:

Hi Telly! My name is Jharmesha and we are also going through our first deployment. I hope you find some comfort in this site, because I definitely have! I'm here you need to talk=-)

Permalink Reply by Telandria Boyd-Johnson on February 4, 2011 at 3:57pm

Hi Jharmesha,

  Going it alone during the holidays does sound hard. Even though you might have had other family around, it's not the same without your hubby (in your case) and Daddy (for your son).    I know it must have broke your heart to watch your little one looking for Daddy and daddy never coming :-(.   Did you all manage to have a pretty good Christmas/holiday despite it all?

 

So far, Daniel (my little one) is taking it okay.  He is used to  Daddy being gone for long stretches of time.  I wonder how he will do once he realizes Dad is gone for a really long time.  Everyone tells me how lucky I am that the deployment is happening when Daniel is a  baby because he won't remember it.  I don't feel so lucky. Babies/toddlers are a lot of  work :-).That being said, I get that its less separation anxiety for him than if he was older.

 

We are still digging out from the snow here. How's the weather where you are?