written by: Bill Reeves July 22, 2013
662 Heartbreaks…for Georgia.
Its hard to leave home. To leave the 2 most precious people in my life.
I’ve been spoiled to no end since I’ve returned from overseas, and yet
now here I sit in another state going through the process of deploying
along side our forces yet once again. But this time is so much
different. I always had empathy for our forces that had to leave their
children behind, but never really had that connection to just what it felt like.
Now I do.
I’ve been blessed to watch my wife grow into the loving, caring parent
she was meant to be. She really is a strong women who was meant to do
many great things…one of them is to be a mother to our beautiful
Daughter. I would hope that as a father, I am half as good as she is as a
mother…I try my best. I’ve watched her take great care of our little
girl even before birth and even better care after birth now for a year.
I’ve been so blessed to have the ability to be there every day until
now.
It is true that the hardest thing I think I have ever done
in my life was kissing you Georgia the morning I left out. You were
sleeping soundly and safely and barely noticed my kiss upon your cheek.
Holding you the night before when you went down, trying to read to you
through my tears was difficult enough, but nothing compares to closing
that the door to your room knowing that it would be at least 6 months
before I looked upon you with my own eyes again.
I want you to
know that your Daddy has a particular skill that makes him pretty good
at this job. I want you to know that your Daddy will be safe and is
surrounded by people he trusts while he is off in this far away place. I
want you to know that there will not be one single day that I do not
think of you and your mother, our family and friends. It is those
memories that keep me going and allow me to do the best job I can. I
want you to know that over there, we fight very mean people, that care
nothing about your safety, your education, or what you want to be in
life. That is why I’m there.
It is the way that I can
contribute to our Country. To be beside our forces and work as one team,
one fight, one family. I’ve met some really great people like Wendy,
Vic, Joseph, Jay, Doug, Fincher, James, Jim, Eric, OB, Shershaw, Sahar,
Honishka and the list goes on and on. These people DO care about your
future, even though they have never met you.
So I go to this
beautiful far away land knowing that not only do I serve my country, But
I serve your future….and hat is how I will get through my day.
I miss you Georgia already and ever night when I go to bed in my bunk,
my heart will break….because I missed kissing you good night. Every
morning when I wake up, my heart will break….because our time together
will not be. 662 times my heart will break. But every day is 1 one day
closer to the end of that.
I will be “Daddy in the box” now for
a while. Be good for your mother, sleep tight, and treat her well….and
know that I cannot wait to hold you again in my own arms, to feel your
kiss on my cheek, to feel your arms around my neck. That goes for your
Mommy too.
I love you Georgia.
Daddy
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