It wasn't an easy 207 days and nights, but it wasn't nearly as difficult as I might have expected. It seems like it passed quickly, despite the fact that I had a few more challenges to overcome than your average deployed spouse. I was lucky, though. I made it through the surgeries on my kidneys on my own. Time just kept moving, not dragging. I think I can credit my work for that. I just had too much to do to be thinking about "time". I didn't accomplish everything on my Bucket List, but I also accomplished things I never dreamed I could have. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the way things worked out.
So, what's it like having him home? Of course it has been a readjustment for all of us. Moose doesn't want to let Daddy out of her sight. She begs him to "Stay home forever." That is heartbreaking, because I know there will be more goodbyes eventually. But more or less, he's fit right back into our life as a family. I have to cook for three now, but that's not such an adjustment (as we've eaten quite a few meals out the last few days). Really, we could not have asked for a more perfect reunion. We are so very lucky, because I know it isn't so easy or perfect for everyone. But we have the fairytale.
Our nights have been spent cuddling and watching movies as a complete family again. Long talks. Planning for the future. I hope to have photos to share in the near future (I had another professional photog come and cover it for us). But here's one of Moose and Daddy when we got home.Lots of great things are going to be happening in the next few months, and I hope to share them all here. I'm heading in a new direction (but also will keep up as a full-time photographer), we are expecting orders in the Spring, so that will be interesting. (Fingers crossed we can stay in SoCal.) A big family vacay is in the works. Lots happening. So while the last seven months have come to an end, we know the journey doesn't end there!
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