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mmm-w

I'll like it better when I get to touch him again, but maybe now that his laptop is trash, I might get a letter or so until I get another one for him. LOL!

posted by Bel_ on June 25, 2005 at 10:38 PM | link to this | reply

Thank you Krisles. No higher compliment can any writer have than to know they touched someone.

posted by Bel_ on June 25, 2005 at 10:37 PM | link to this | reply

Miltary_Wife

Wow! That is an incredibly powerful and moving post. Thank you so much for giving me a glimpse of what it's like; and thank you for your sacrifice and that of our husband.

posted by Krisles on June 25, 2005 at 9:40 PM | link to this | reply

i completely understand. i am a "touchable" person, and regardless of how often i talk on the phone or get to IM, i need to have paper letters...... something which has been in his hand.

i so understand that!

posted by mmm-w on June 25, 2005 at 9:33 PM | link to this | reply

Letters??

Letters? What are letters? I have gotten two envolopes (bad spelling) with I love you written across the front and updated orders inside. When I said something about where is my letter, his response: "Didn't you read the envolope?"

We have things so much better than anytime before us. I usually get to talk with him online everyday which is something nobody has ever had the luxary of in past conflicts. So, it's hard to explain to him how important it really is to have something tangible to touch. BUT, I know on a daily basis that he is alive and mostly well...when it comes down to it, that is all that matters.

posted by Bel_ on June 24, 2005 at 10:33 AM | link to this | reply

Military Wife, So well written. Brings back so many memories--reservist wife and then active duty mother. What I remember the most is the waiting, and the wonderful letters and the coming home.