I told my class about my husband's deployment today.
Their first questions:
What's deployment?
When will he be back?
What would happen is he said he didn't want to go? (I explained he can't say that)
What would happen if he quit? (Again I explained quitting isn't an option)
Yeah but, what would the consequences be if he DID quit?
How long has he been in the army?
All questions that have gone through my head at some point.
Their next questions were uniquely kid questions:
Does he have to shave his head?
What if there was a girl in the army would she have to shave her head?
Does he fight people? (From a child with a sparkle in his eyes who waited to ask the question until I walked past him. He knew he shouldn't say it in front of the class, but he just had to ask.)
How long does college take? (From a kid who is easily distracted. Not sure what path his brain took to get here.)
One more thing to add to the lesson plans. Accurate information about soldiers with some more Q & A time. And I guess I should talk about college too.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Small Stuff
Yikes! Its been a long time since I posted anything. I'm adjusting to being back at work full time and I'm trying to find time for things like blogging and sleeping. Here's something I wrote at least a week ago and then forgot to post.
It's the small things people do that give me the energy to keep going. My friend that comes over every Thursday night. We make dinner together and she hangs out with me and my daughter. One night when my 2 year old was trying out underwear and peed all over the kitchen floor, this friend cleaned it up. Another friend leaves me cheery messages on my work phone. She remembers all the important or stressful days in my life and finds a way to help start those days out right. Sometimes her voice mails are the first adult voice I've heard all morning. Or my fellow Army Wife friend who announces she's coming over on a Friday night to watch movies and sleep on my couch. My family who makes me food, brings it to me, walks my dog, and hears me out. Or another Army Wife friend who hung out with me while I cooked and cleaned. Its nice to have company without expectations. I can be me. Stressed out, over worked, legs unshaven, house a mess, too tired to have intelligent conversations, can we sit together and stare at the TV?, if Jason calls I'm temporarily ditching you. Thanks everybody!
I believe that God gives us the people we need to get through hard times. I'm pretty sure that any future kids will be way more difficult than my first born. She's normally pretty easy and cute. She talks nearly as much as I do because I'd be so lonely without that. Between the two of us there is rarely any silence.
Thank God for the people in my life. All of them.
It's the small things people do that give me the energy to keep going. My friend that comes over every Thursday night. We make dinner together and she hangs out with me and my daughter. One night when my 2 year old was trying out underwear and peed all over the kitchen floor, this friend cleaned it up. Another friend leaves me cheery messages on my work phone. She remembers all the important or stressful days in my life and finds a way to help start those days out right. Sometimes her voice mails are the first adult voice I've heard all morning. Or my fellow Army Wife friend who announces she's coming over on a Friday night to watch movies and sleep on my couch. My family who makes me food, brings it to me, walks my dog, and hears me out. Or another Army Wife friend who hung out with me while I cooked and cleaned. Its nice to have company without expectations. I can be me. Stressed out, over worked, legs unshaven, house a mess, too tired to have intelligent conversations, can we sit together and stare at the TV?, if Jason calls I'm temporarily ditching you. Thanks everybody!
I believe that God gives us the people we need to get through hard times. I'm pretty sure that any future kids will be way more difficult than my first born. She's normally pretty easy and cute. She talks nearly as much as I do because I'd be so lonely without that. Between the two of us there is rarely any silence.
Thank God for the people in my life. All of them.
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