Knee Deep in the Hooah!

I could not sleep last night. I have been awake since about 3:30 this morning. Instead of flip-flopping in my bed and getting frustrated I just got up and decided to embrace the day — fatigue and all. So, for the past four hours I have had the opportunity to read a little, work a cross word puzzle (rare treat for me these days!), take a nice steaming hot bath, and sip my coffee in peace before Princess Hooah wakes up and needs her cheerios. So, it has been an unusually peaceful and serene morning.

I always pray for my men before my feet hit the floor in the morning. They have boots on the ground, and I have knees on the ground. I try to always reflect, while praying, on what I am grateful for through all of this. Here are a few items on my gratitude list today:

I am grateful that my son and husband are both strong, intelligent and able minded/bodied men who can work to defend our Country!

I am grateful for the communication I do get. I know that in wars past some women didn’t hear for months, or ever years, from their loved ones. Some deployments lasted for years. I am grateful for the inventions of satellite phones, and the Internet.

I am very grateful for the wonderful technology that has been put into developing tools and machines that help our men stay safe.

I am grateful that I have such a wonderful church body around me. I am grateful that I am blessed to have a pastor who truly works hard to shepherd us with a clear conscience, and a sound conviction. I am also grateful that God has given him the heart of a peacemaker.

I am grateful that my sons have a work ethic and understand that we have to strive for what we have in this life.

I am grateful that Bryan’s parents and my parent’s are nearby. I am grateful that my father is still here with us. Modern medicine and it’s advances are incredible!

I am grateful for Emma’s strong will and determination. I don’t always understand it. She is truly one of the strongest willed children I have ever known. There are many others who see it too. I know that for whatever reason she was fashioned this way, and God knows what she needs.

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