Week 28

The day before yesterday was a great day. I spoke to Joe three times. He surprised me by calling early in the morning when I was leaving for work, he then called at his usual time in the afternoon, and then, after he was woken up in the middle of the night, he called me in the evening. It made me feel as if things were normal. To be able to talk to your spouse multiple times per day is normal.

But it is still hard when the line goes dead and the silence sets in. Hanging up the phone is always hard. For me, it’s like landing in an airport and knowing that no one is there to pick you up. It's lifeless, right when you expect life to be there the most.

Yesterday was a bad day for my husband. His frustration set in and somehow how explains the trouble he experiences is always humorous. War has already become so detached. In the future we see the Facebook Wars: The Battle for the American Soul. Despite the seriousness of the situation we can still amuse ourselves. That is valuable in a relationship that is constantly under the stress of deployment.