Home SWEET Home

(FM) So the straw is getting shorter and shorter as time quickly flies by approaching the near deployment date of my husband. It has been quite an interesting experience living here in Texas, not one I'd like to repeat. The greatest thing of this place is having my little family together. Our life is one life to live I tell ya. Much respect and appreciation to Mom Margo for being SUPER mom. When I see my life fly by with boys football practices 3 days a week, football games, cheer leading practice and games, home life/chores/dinner, kids homework, choir practice, and now drama.... I wonder how in the world did she do it all without going bazurk? When we first started this chaotic new schedule, I truly believe that I had a nervous break down because I was so overwhelmed, exhausted, lacking restful sleep, and to top it all off, burned out from work. I thought to myself a few times that I felt like giving up and running away from it all. What made it almost impossible for me was not the new routine itself that was getting to me, but also my poor parenting techniques, ie. yelling, screaming at the kids about every little thing, getting frustrated because the house wasn't spotless clean, all because my candle had burned out. I finally got some sense knocked into my big head. I had realized that this life was not all that hard to live, if I'd only try changing my approach with the kids. I FINALLY learned that yelling at the top of my lungs to get things done in very little time wasn't working what so ever. I realized that not only am I the problem, but I am also the solution. Whether I was ready or not, I had to force patience, a trait that I never had. So this week turned out to be the greatest week here in Killeen TX for our family. This new patience thing is contagious amongst the whole family. We have a few areas to polish, but like with football or cheerleading, practice makes perfect.
So back to the Title of this blog "Home sweet Home"... Military rumor has it that my husband will deploy to Iraq for 15 months anywhere from in January-March. We are uncertain of the actual date at this time. The military loves anticipation and leaving everyone in the dark until the week of. As sad as this will be for me, there is light. The children and I will be returning home for good thank God. My little sister introduced to me the thought and possibilty of moving to Seattle and is keeping her eyes open for me as far as housing. So we'll see. I don't see why not, and it would be great for the kids. Bottom line is I'm totally excited for the homecoming in the near future. Although afar, please keep John in your prayers and may the good Lord bring him home safely and in good health.