She Who Waits

"They also serve who only stand and wait." - John Milton

Alone in a sea of support

When the C Word comes up, everyone wants to be supportive. There are hugs, notes, even generous gifts (and I adore my new Keurig, trust me!) and offers to call if I ever need anything, anything at all. I'm beyond grateful for this awesome support netwo… more »
Posted Under Day to Day, Deployment, Marriage, Cancer on 10.27.2011

Next stop: Crazytown

It's been quite some time since I've posted, I know. A ton has happened between now and then, I'll try to fill in the gaps. Warning: Choppy novel ahead.My husband came home at the very end of September, nearly a full week before my surgery on Oct 6t… more »
Posted Under Day to Day on 10.26.2011

Rambly tonight

I've had a few down days lately and I've been missing my husband something fierce. My surgery date is still most likely weeks away and I think I've made a mistake in letting myself visualize the comfort of actually having my husband home for it now… more »
Posted Under Day to Day, Deployment, Marriage on 08.9.2011

Perspective

So it's been nearly a week now since the cancer diagnosis. Everyone is treating me like I'm fragile ... "How are you doing, really?" ... I'm fine, honest. *insert raised eyebrow here* A friend is going through breast cancer right now. Another frie… more »
Posted Under Day to Day, Deployment on 07.31.2011

Did you just say the C word?

During an extended deployment? Of course, when else would a military spouse get cancer? I'm the third in our unit, as far as I know. Eesh.C&P from Facebook:Yesterday I received the results from a biopsy of two large nodules on my thyroid,… more »
Posted Under Day to Day, Deployment on 07.26.2011

Loss

Thursday night I was surfing Facebook and getting ready to go to bed when I saw that a close friend of my husband's post mentioned something about the support from her friends and the light of her husband shining on. My stomach dropped and I immediately… more »
Posted Under Day to Day, Deployment on 07.9.2011

Do they think about it?

As it took me 40 minutes to drive 10 miles yesterday through all of the tourist traffic on the beach, I couldn't help but wonder if they think about the reason for the holiday behind their weekend. It was all I could think about this morning. My hus… more »
Posted Under Day to Day, Military on 05.31.2010

Forced (blog) changes

Okay so as you might have noticed, my blog is BARE.  No header, no fun smilies, nada. There were some compatibility issues that created a need to upgrade my long-defunct blog software version, which means that all my customizations are gone.  I've actu… more »
Posted Under Day to Day on 03.7.2010

Order within the chaos?

At about 8:30pm last night, I went into the garage to look for my spare router to give to a friend. While I was in there, I realized I could hardly walk through all of the still-unpacked boxes and decided to put the utility shelving up. |-| Two hours l… more »
Posted Under Day to Day, Deployment on 02.22.2010

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