On My Way!

The day is finally here! They day I return to Ft. Bragg! I am so excited...I just cannot begin to explain. My soldier arrives on Saturday. When he called at 5 a.m. this morning...he said...do you realize Mom...Saturday...the 15th..is the same day I left last year to come home on leave. I said I knew it was getting close. I told him...I knew when you were home on leave last year...that it would be a year before I saw you again. He said, "Me too".

This has been a very long year...my soldier & I have learned so very much. We have both grown a lot too. I realize, as my soldier does, that we have to cherish the small moments...the little pieces of our lives. Our lives are like quilts. They start out large...uncut...fresh and new...and as we go through life, we have many good moments and bad moments...and each of these, tears a piece of that fabric...then as we begin to heal...the pieces are sewn back together again. No one knows when we start out in life..how many pieces we will have...but the journey is remarkable!

Tonight I am meeting and having dinner with my soldiers girlfriend. I welcome the opportunity to meet and get to know her. I don't know a lot about her. She is someone my son has been corresponding with during this journey...but if she is what she seems to be...this will be good. I pray that this is the case.

I have had fun shopping for clothes for my son. He has lost so much weight, it is hard to know what size to buy. And once he gets back, and tastes his momma's cookin...he will be even skinnier! No, he can't wait to get home to my cooking...now I just need to remember how! My husband loves it....now he knows he will come home to dinner every night! LOL!

My son said I don't care what you bring or if you bring anything....but you MUST have a long neck Budweiser waiting for me when I get off that plane! That is all he thinks about...beer....beer...and more beer. And honestly, he will find he didn't miss it THAT much...it is just the thought of having gone so long without one!

With that I will close. Thank you to all for your support these past months. It means more than any of you will ever know.

Head down, eyes open, I love you.