Deployment, Day 1

I can't believe I am writing about first day of deployment again but, here we are folks. Part of me is a little angry. He just got home not long ago and this is way too soon for another one. I understand that this is his job, this is part of the territory. We came out of  last deployment just fine and I know this time we will too. Most of me is sad. As we were saying goodbye at the pier this morning, before the sun was even up, I felt my heart ripping from my chest as he walked away. We hugged for a long time and gave each other plenty of kisses, and while I will cherish them until the moment he gets home - I was still hoping we could have stood there forever. I know tomorrow and each day after will get a little bit easier, and I know that I will stay as busy as I can to make the time fly by. Every email will be a special gift and every phonecall will be a treasure I will hold dear to my heart. I love that man with everything I am, and I am so proud of him and to be his wife. To all my fellow "Big E" wives, I am thinking of you today and through this deployment. We can kick this deployment's booty! 

I want to leave off with some lyrics to a song that I consider "our song". I feel like it really speaks volumes, especially today. It is "us" (and it's the second song on my playlist below)

"Lucky" by Jason Mraz (feat. Colbie Caillat)

Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
 

Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 

- Laura