Goodbye

Well, I find myself in Virginia again this time waiting to deploy. It’s funny, I always ask myself what the hell were you thinking when you signed up for this. My last night home, I read Gracie the book “Never far Away”. It is about a father who is in the service and is preparing to deploy. I guess it is more of a poem than a story and it’s awesome. The only problem is that it is so sweet and tender I couldn’t finish it due to tears streaming down my face which Gracie promptly pointed out (OK, I’m a big wuss). She asked why I had a tear in my eye and I told her it was because I loved her so much and I was going to miss her. At that point she remembered the book “The Kissing Hand” which we have also read then kissed and the palm of my hand. There daddy, now you have all the kisses you want. Just put your hand on your check whenever you want a kiss. Oh crap, I'm getting another tear. Peace.