Friday, June 01, 2012

14:53

That is how long we have on the phone before we get cut off. 14 minutes and 53 seconds. In the grand scheme of things...that is really short!  It makes you re-evaluate all that NEEDS to be said to your spouse versus all the mundane things that you would normally share with him/her.

Our Priorities:
  • Toddler D: health, welfare, education, cute stories, etc. Always the first thing on the list for both of us
  • How SSG D is doing...it cannot be easy, no matter the job, to be in a combat zone millions of miles away from ones family.  How he is doing is a huge priority of mine because I want to know what I need to do or can do to make things a little better for him.
  • Finances: seldom ever an issue for us, but it does need to be discussed from time to time.
  • House: yeah, we own one now, and decisions need to be made
  • My health: as the sole caregiver for our child right now...this is kind of important. We all know my health is not the best overall and if there are any sudden changes, we have to figure out how to handle them.
  • How much we love and miss each other. Ok, honestly this is said about every other minute.  
Non-Priorities:

All the other mundane crap in our day to day lives.  We don't talk about drama with our friends or family. Sometimes we talk about the news, in fact just today he told me how cool he thought it was that all Active Duty military now had free access to National Parks. I totally agree and I know we are going to take full advantage when he gets home. We want to show Toddler D as much of the outdoors as we can.  

It is amazing how separation makes you re-evaluate what is important. Each deployment, heck, each day, I learn something new, about him, me, Toddler D, and us as a family.  And we only have 14 minutes and 53 seconds to share it all.