Surviving Christmas!

Well Christmas has come and gone and I survived! I got to talk to Rick (my husband) on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day. It was a great surprise! He was busy learning how to weld so now when he gets back home I have another type of "honey do" I can add to the list! Maybe he will get good enough and make some great wall art!

I was able to visit with family and friends, which was great! I was able to update them on what Rick is doing in Iraq and was able to just catch up! I am really impressed with the level of support, concern, and prayer that our support system is giving to us! I can honestly say that this deployment would be so much harder without it.

Although, Rick has had times where he wasn't able to come home for the holidays (because of work) it does make it different when you know that they are in Iraq and that they are really not getting to celebrate Christmas in any fashion that they are used to. It just kind of makes you sad. I am pretty proud of myself though because I only cried a couple of times! I have become a huge sap these days; I am not saying that I feel sorry for myself or Rick because I don't. It's more about pride and honor. I just can't explain to you how proud I am of Rick and what he is sacrificing for this country. I think most military wives would agree!

Well back to Christmas... we survived! Like I said I got to talk to him and that was a great gift in its self. He also got to talk to my mom, brother and sister so now they can all say that they have talked to someone while they were in Iraq. I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas with your friends and families! I am looking forward to the new year! I think it will really help my mind game when I say, "he will be home in October of this year!" Oh that just sounds shorter!