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Quickly moving time.

5 Jul

I was certain that people were just trying to make me feel better when they told me that after the first few weeks of Scott being at Basic that time would start moving more quickly. I couldn’t picture this separation moving by any more speedily than at a snail pace. Don’t get me wrong, it has had it’s painful moments of dragging but now that we’re over the halfway point and on the speedy downward countdown it’s not so horrid. Less than 30 days now! I still miss him with such intensity that it hurts but at least the days no longer feel like years.

I have really taken my time here alone to work on myself and work at becoming a stronger woman. I feel stronger than I ever have been. I love that! It is only through my mornings and evenings filled with spending time talking to God and in the Word. I had purchased a military wife devotional book (Faith Deployed) before Scott left and it’s the best money I’ve even invested. It encourages me because the women who wrote the book are either previous or current military wives. It helps to get the advice from others who know exactly what I’m going through.

I haven’t been great to blog through this first part of the Air Force experience because it would have been a bunch of whining at the beginning and then a log of all the boring activities that I have filled my time with recently. I have been very proud of myself that I have been able to write to Scott every night before bed and send it out in the mornings. I set that as my goal and I haven’t missed a single night. He really enjoys getting the mail, makes him feel like he’s not missing out on anything in his absence from home.

I promise that blogging will become more regular as we set out on more adventures. I can’t wait for Scott to be at tech school so that we can talk on a daily basis and I’ll be able to visit him. Count your blessings and enjoy the small things!

The last month, it’s actually here.

5 May

When you’re told that you have four months until your husband leaves for basic training it seems like a long time, but man has this time flown by. We have a month till he “ships out”. Seems so surreal that it’s right around the corner. May is going to fly by more quickly than all the rest. I really need to just focus on enjoying every moment we can fit in together and not be so sad and stressed about him leaving. Nothing ruins happy times and memories more than tears.

We both have two more weeks at work then Scott will have his last day at Best Buy, and I will have around 2 weeks of vacation to spend time with Scott and help him get everything ready for boot camp.

We will get to celebrate our first year anniversary, although a month early, in Jackson Hole Wyoming where we celebrated our honeymoon. It’s pretty special to us that we will have that time set aside to just soak in the last year of our lives and celebrate the start of our life journey together.

While in Wyoming, we will also spend some time on my family ranch in Pinedale. We both enjoy going there because it’s so nice to forget the rest of the world and just relax. The world seems to move at a slower pace there and we really enjoy that relaxing feeling.

After our week in Wyoming is up we’ll come back to Junction and he’ll spend time with his friends and family and get all the goodbyes in. It will be a strange feeling for him to say goodbye because he’s never been away from here for more than 2 weeks at a time.

On (June 4th) Monday, dreaded Monday, we’ll make the trip over to Denver. I’m not exactly sure of what all happens on Monday and the day after but at some point on Tuesday we will say our final goodbye as he boards the plane for San Antonio. It will be a long 2 months of missing him but I know Scott will do great and I can’t stress enough how very proud of him I am!

This month is going to be a whirlwind of fun times as well as emotions, but I know our Jesus is looking out for us every step of the way. How very comforting!

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Jesus: my comfort and strength.

13 Dec

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” -Psalm 23:4

As a little girl I would get really nervous about things. If I heard a sound in the dark my heart would start pattering a thousand beats a minute. If I had to do something outside my comfort zone, same thing. I was very fearful of a lot of things. My mom had me memorize the above verse as a way of being able to comfort myself and find strength in God. Anytime I would hear that bump in the night I would just repeat the verse over and over in my head until I was reminded that God was in control! Even as a little girl I knew my Jesus was the source of my comfort. He gave me the courage and strength to be able to conquer whatever obstacle was in front of me. I never realized just how much I’d appreciate my mom having me commit this to memory.

As I grew older, and wasn’t as fearful of the things the world threw at me, I didn’t see the need to keep this verse at the front of my memory and it just got pushed further and further into the back of my mind. (Funny how quickly we forget the things that bring such comfort.) I still had fears, they just weren’t so severe that they shook my very core.

Today I was sitting on the couch wondering why the heck Best Buy has to schedule Scott completely opposite of my work schedule. I haven’t really seen him in the last two days and I won’t see him at all tomorrow. I miss him a lot with this road block in our time spent together. It’s made me realize just how hard this Air Force life is going to be on me. Even though we still share the same bed at night I miss the quality time to just talk and laugh. With the Air Force I won’t even get the joy of rolling over in the middle of the night and knowing he’s right beside me. He’ll be gone. Three long months of lonely.

My heart went back to that same panic I felt as a little girl standing all alone in the dark. Somehow Psalm 23:4 broke through all the cobwebs and burst to the front of my memory and sure enough ended up on the tip of my tongue again. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” I felt the peace of Jesus picking me up into His arms and telling me “I got this!” A rush of relief swept over my body. My God is awesome and powerful and He has a wonderful plan for us!!!

I’m not going to let this verse slip back into the dusty corners of my mind. I’m keeping it right up front so I’m prepared for any fear that sneaks up on me during these next few years of uncertainty.

Thank you Jesus for being everything I need!

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