January 3rd, 2010~
Sky Harbor Airport once again. As he sits across from me clenching his coffee, i cant help but smile. This man, once a goofball security guard, is my honest to God hero. I felt like a VCR, rewinding till you hit an important part in the movie. PAUSE: found it. Just what I was looking for. 5 pm, May 2Nd 2009. Aiden's birth. He whispered to me, " I will live everyday, making the next day better. Thank you for being you, and doing this. you are so strong and beautiful. i love you." Fast Forward...this moment. His flight is called to board. He hugs everyone. My dad, mom, brother. Jayme & Aiden. Then me. I wouldn't let go. " WE will live everyday, making the next day better. Thank you for being you, and doing this. You are so strong and wonderful. i love you."
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Begining
I have never been so concerned in my life. Should I have agreed to this? Should I have helped in this decision? I told myself to shut up. He wants to make a better life for our growing family, and who am I to tell him no. I watched him fill out final paperwork, sign his name ( in what looked like blood to me) and it was over. Well that wasn't so bad. Jeez Nicole, could you have been anymore dramatic?
~5 months later~
November 12Th, 2009, to be exact. 5 am. Sgt Guillaume arrives at my doorstep to escort my husband to MEPS. 8 am. I arrive at MEPS with my Father & Father in law, as well as my 6 month old son. He swears away the next 8 years of his life to our country. And just like that, he is on a bus. I feel heartless, because it hasn't hit me yet. It seems like a dream, good or bad, i wasn't sure. 2 days pass....1 week. FINALLY, the phone rings. All he says is he misses us, he is safe, he is fine and he will call in a few weeks, maybe less.
That's it?! I mean I understand you are now officially government property but common, I'm his wife. does that count for nothing?!
~December 17, 2009~
Sky Harbor Airport 4pm. he is coming home. only for 2 weeks and then who knows when I will see him again, but i will cherish these 2 weeks with everything i have. He walked down the arrival gate, i swear i heard the song American Soldier by Toby Keith. I began to let the tears roll. His embrace was powerful, like God put us together and took a deep breathe and sighed as though to say "perfect".
~5 months later~
November 12Th, 2009, to be exact. 5 am. Sgt Guillaume arrives at my doorstep to escort my husband to MEPS. 8 am. I arrive at MEPS with my Father & Father in law, as well as my 6 month old son. He swears away the next 8 years of his life to our country. And just like that, he is on a bus. I feel heartless, because it hasn't hit me yet. It seems like a dream, good or bad, i wasn't sure. 2 days pass....1 week. FINALLY, the phone rings. All he says is he misses us, he is safe, he is fine and he will call in a few weeks, maybe less.
That's it?! I mean I understand you are now officially government property but common, I'm his wife. does that count for nothing?!
~December 17, 2009~
Sky Harbor Airport 4pm. he is coming home. only for 2 weeks and then who knows when I will see him again, but i will cherish these 2 weeks with everything i have. He walked down the arrival gate, i swear i heard the song American Soldier by Toby Keith. I began to let the tears roll. His embrace was powerful, like God put us together and took a deep breathe and sighed as though to say "perfect".
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