I was all set to sit right here and write out some Monday Musings and then it hit me. Today is Tuesday.
Well shoot, y'all. My days are all mixed up. We've had house guests ("We're not guests, we're family!") since last Thursday and my normal boring routine has been filled with chatting with my son and his wife and keeping our monster dog from squishing their little dog out of sheer enthusiasm. Ours is a 102-pound shepherd mix while theirs is a 14-pound Lhasa Apso. Fun times, you guys!
We have visited family, partied, celebrated his temporary homecoming and other things, visited friends, eaten out, eaten in, picked strawberries, gone to church, driven down to the Florida Keys for lunch, winced when we realized the daughter probably has food poisoning from it (it will be a long time before she eats another chicken wing in a restaurant), and prepared for one last dinner out tonight at the home of my oldest son.
Whew!
It has been a bittersweet whirlwind of not-quite a week. In the two and a half years he has been in the Marine Corps, he has stayed essentially the same good-natured kid I raised, but I find I no longer know what to have on hand for him to eat. And being a polite not-quite-guest, he was no help. "It doesn't matter, don't worry about it."
Hello? I'm a mom. I worry. It's in the job description.
They are leaving tonight to drive back to North Carolina so that he can report back to base on Thursday. Next week he and his unit will deploy to Afghanistan for 8 months.
Hello? I'm a mom. I worry. It's in the job description. (repeat ad infinitum)
I have faith. I trust God and his buddies to keep him safe, I really do. I know that as a sharpshooter with expert ranking he can do a pretty good job of keeping himself safe. But ...
Hello? I'm a mom. I worry. It's in the job description. (repeat ad nauseum)
It's a lifelong task, this job of mine to worry about my kids. I don't always say much about it but it's there, as any other mom will tell you.
I wouldn't change the job description for anything in the world.
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i teared up a little reading about him going off to Afghanistan. I will keep you all in my prayers.
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