Precious Last Moments with Dad

There's never an easy deployment if it means you're separated from your best friend and eternal companion. The final 24 hours you spend together could be your last. So I think that, along with the "good bye" is the most difficult part to overcome. Once you make it through that it's just a matter of putting yourself in a "function" mode and then plugging away at each day. Our marriage has always been about living every moment together as if it's our last, and we really do live it! I think that's part of what makes our love for eachother increase each day and what keeps our relationship feeling so new. (I love you, Luke! You're in our prayers!)