I am the wife of a soldier, and the mother of two little ones (ages 3 and 1). I am passionate about my God, my family, and my country. I chose the title for my blog because I started it around the time that we found out my husband would be going to Iraq. I am so proud of his service to our country. Also I am constantly striveing to become more like christ. Hence the title "passionate patriot conforming to 'His' image.
I will be ordering some more Thoene books to read
Jan. 2, 2008~ Another update ~
Well my dh is now in Kuwait, and we are now finally back home. I am sorry that I have been gone so long. With my hubby gone, and my ds and dd both under the age of 5, I don't have the time to blog like I did before. I do miss all my friends here, and I will still try to get on here from time to time when I can, It will just be a little sparadic.
It is good to be home. We were gone for 3 months. I am so thankful that I have such wonderful parents that kept a good watch on my house for me.
We did get to see my hubby for 4 days around Christmas. The kids and I were so excited to see him. My dd was so clingy to him those four days. Whenever he would leave the room, she would cry for him. Saying goodbye the second time was so much harder than the first time. Of course then we thought we might see him in two months. Now we know it will be a year. It is sad when I think that 2008 will be a year without my hubby. We will not see him until 2009.
While he was home over Christmas, we celebrated the kids birthdays. both of our children have birthdays close to Christmas. Although my husband missed both of their actual birthdays, I didn't want him to miss the party, so we waited and had the party while he was home. He really appreciated that. We had a pool party. Then I rented a jacoozi (I haven't a clue how to spell that) room at a local hotel, and his parents watched the kids so that we could have some alone time. It was so wonderful, I did not want the evening to end.
Then the next day we went Tubing with the kids. There is a skii resort close to my in-laws place, and they have these huge intertubes with tow ropes on them. They tow you up the hill on a tow rope, and then you slide down the hill on the tubes it is so much fun. I am so glad that their daddy got to enjoy this with them. We all had such a good time. If I get a chance I will try to post some pictures of it. The people that worked there were so impressed with our kids. our 4yo went down by himself on several occasions, and our 2yo went down in her own tube with us. They said that there are 12yo that are too scared to go down the hill, and ours just loved it.
The next day was Christmas. It was such a wonderful day, and then the next day he had to leave. My father-in-law drove him to the airport, and I stayed home with the kids.
It was so hard to say goodbye. I miss him so much. I think the hard part is, not being able to contact him. It is a nine hour time difference. He called me the day after he made it to Kuwait. He called at 8:30 Monday morning, and it was 11:30 Sunday night here. His grandma had given him a 150 minute calling card from AT&T. After all the international fees and things, It was 13 minutes. I haven't heard from him since. I do not know how long he will be in Kuwait, or where he will be stationed after. I know it is all for security, but it is still hard not knowing. I also know that he will not have access to the internet until he gets there. So for a while, we will have no contact with him. That is so hard. I just keep praying that God will keep him safe.
Well I just heard my daughter crying, so they are awake. I need to go. I will try to write again when I get time. I hope that all my friends are doing well. I will try to check on their blogs at nap time.
It is so good to finally be home. 3 months away is a long time. I had forgotten what my house looks like. Now I have so much unpacking to do, and then we have to try to get back into a rutine.
I will lift you in prayer my SSiC. I can't even imagine being away that long. I know the Lord will see you through and you will be together again. I will pray that the Lord brings others along side you to ease this year. (((hugs))) my SSiC
