tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25169328.post6458308000603342818..comments2023-10-01T09:33:31.317-05:00Comments on The Albrecht Squad: In a funk...TheAlbrechtSquadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15106715657150782077noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25169328.post-2505694377099342612008-05-09T14:25:00.000-05:002008-05-09T14:25:00.000-05:00It is interesting how everyone copes with everythi...It is interesting how everyone copes with everything prior to and during. I have a false sense of security since he is going to be a "fobit" ;) However, it isn't like I am unrealistic to the potential problems they/he could encounter. I think most people, if not openly - secretly, try to prepare themselves for the grim things that could happen. (Not that preparation would be sufficient enough when experiencing those things unexpected). I feel people who are in "bubbles" more than likely do take into account all possibilities - but choose to focus more so on the positive things as a way to cope healthily. Finding the balance of realism/faith/hope does take time and is magnified by experiences. Hugs, DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099910226631882696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25169328.post-47812515474317278612008-05-08T11:05:00.000-05:002008-05-08T11:05:00.000-05:00What happened Dec 05? Was that kevin's first depl...What happened Dec 05? Was that kevin's first deployment? <BR/>I think I am in the safety of that bubble you are talking about. Not knowing anything about my son's deployment I think is comforting to me. I am certainly resting in God's everlasing arms.<BR/><BR/>Weird about saying Iraq is relatively safe now... just yesterday I was buying chocolate in a specialty shop and somehow the subject of my having a son leaving soon for Iraq came up - not info I usually share with a stranger. <BR/>I found myself telling this young gal that Iraq is relatively safe and he'll be fine. I didn't say this because it is true, or even because I believe it to be true - I just wanted out of the conversation. (sheesh, sorry I brought it up!)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Ben comes home for a two week visit on Saturday - just two days till we go to the airport to bring him home. Hooray!! I am so excited!<BR/><BR/>He will be sleeping in the tv room because we are hosting a girl from Vietnam this school year and she is in Ben's old room. This room is still decorated the way Ben did it when he was 12 years old - fighter plane wall paper and all.<BR/><BR/>ha ha. Ben and I joke that it's his dad's shrine to his first born, Ben. He won't let us change it at all! lol.Totally Army Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562797250566455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25169328.post-23921292332179246562008-05-07T23:03:00.000-05:002008-05-07T23:03:00.000-05:00I just wanted to give you a virtual hug. I know t...I just wanted to give you a virtual hug. I know this is not an easy time for you.caligirlinflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12232436341350405262noreply@blogger.com