A New Phase of Deployment: Recovery Begins

I wake at 1, again at 3 and finally give up around 5AM. Another sleepless night and now I am running on fumes. Except this time it’s excitement. My man is coming home. In few hours I will be able to see him and touch him and have him back in my life. I can’t describe the butterflies, the feeling of anticipation and trepidation. It’s not unlike a first date. It’s an odd dichotomy. In many ways we are strangers, but at the same time we are old partners with a history and a strong connection. We embark upon a journey now to reconcile those two contrasts and come out whole again. Deployment does not end today, instead we enter a new phase, the recovery phase. In some ways it will be just as demanding and confusing as the rest. As we work toward once again meshing our separate lives into one, we will encounter difficulties there is no question; the difference is we will be together and that makes all the difference.