Getting ready for the move
I took the two older girls to a book reading of the above book by Laura Bush (yes, the first lady). Well, she wasn't really there. It was more of a VTC of Laura Bush, but the story was cute. Anyway. It got me to thinking about deployment. I've deployed a few times since the kids have been born. One was a long one. The others have been relatively short. The book reading made me think about how they will handle the deployments now that they are older. Kids handle things differently as they age, at least that's what they tell us during deployment and redeployment briefs. I suppose I'm thinking now about whether staying in is the right answer. I know I will go to Iraq or Afghanistan again. It's just a matter of when.
The book was about a Navy guy, but same thing. I suppose I just want to be a father. I want to be there for my kids. Sometimes deployments make that hard.
