I Hate This...

According to the Internet, I am 4650 miles away from Monique (six time zones).  I was thinking about her today because I've been so worried for her and for her husband who was recently deployed to Afghanistan.  I am hoping that he gets to call her today.  I hate the fact that I am so far away when all I want to do is go over to her house and give her a big hug.

I know that Mo has friends in Hawaii, because she is very good at making friends and anyone who gets to know her instantly sees just how wonderful she is.  I just can't stand the fact that we haven't seen each other in six and a half years and I'm not there to give her a huge hug and tell her that everything will be alright.

Being a military brat, you know what the odds are at times of war that someone you love is going to end up fighting.  Over the past six years my future brother-in-law has been deployed twice.  In the last few months I've seen my soon to be cousin-in-law and one of my best friends husbands deployed.  Now we are creeping closer to Noah being deployed as well.  I will support our troops and I know that they put their lives on the line for us every day...but I'm just ready for this war to be over.  I can not even begin to imagine what it is like for Mo or even Jenny watching the people they love get on a bus to leave the states behind.  I know it is hard enough for me to watch and hear about what they are going through.

I hate the uncertainty of everything.  Please, keep these people who love the people I love in your thoughts and prayers.  There can never be too many prayers to bring our service men and women back safely.  Even if you don't believe, just keep them in your thoughts.  All that positive energy has to have some affect on the cosmos...