well, Here we are, merely days away from the finish. what can i say but Its been a wild Ride mr. Toad. seriously...i mean....WOW. This has been one of those life experiences that you will NEVER understand unless you are have done it, are doing it, or will do it in the future, it has been a Marriage experience much the same, and a parenting experience compared to nothing else. As we draw to a close the last 10/11 weeks that josh has been abducted and changed from a duckling to a swan by the United States Army, i must catalog a few things that i have learned
lets start at the beginning shall we?!
1. Christopher Robin said it best : you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think
2. Mr. toad was right to call it a wild ride (he had NO idea)
3. all of this has happened before and it will happen again...sort of....(peter pan) (though we won't go through basic again, he will probably have to leave again, this we know....)
4. No matter what happens I will be with you forever...I rather die a thousands deaths than know I have to live without you...(pocahontas)
5. Look, your really cute....but i can't understand what your saying (nemo) (in regards to that unknown numbered day alone with young children and NO COFEE!)
6. you know, you worry too much, in fact EVERYONE worries too much (fun and fancy free) (its true we really do)
7.I'm lost at sea without a friend. This journey, will it ever end? Who will rescue me?
-The Rescuers (there are many days you feel like this....until you find that special someone who does know what if feels like...then you learn how to make it through together :0))
8. Take it from an old spectator. Life's not a spectator sport. If watchin' is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without ya.
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame (even though our family feels weird and incomplete you still have to make the most out of the situation...likewise i also feel that each new place we move and every time we have to start over and meet new people it is what you make of it. and i intend on making it everything i can!)
9. I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. BUT I can handle this. Have a nice day.
-Hercules (this should be stitched on a pillow at 2am with children crying and throwing up and you in tears and exhausted trying to do everything alone.....oh wait i wouldnt have read it then anyways lol)
and finally one of my all time favorites
10. Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.
-Lilo and Stitch (family always sticks together you do what you have to for whomever you have to to survive...for this i can't thank my parents and friends enough for all the love support, and general time i wasted of yours. i know i spent many a night tearfully on the phone or in your arms or pawning my sweet children HEHE off on you so that i could show my house or go to the store or a wedding, or just to have some company that can complete a sentence! you don't know how much you all mean to me and i love you all! THANK YOU! thank you for the text messages, the phone calls, the offers to help me with the kids, the stealing of children by mimi and poppa to give me a break with one or no children...(how the grocery store is so different alone!) these things can never be repaid...but know they mean the world to mE!)
i have always said Disney said it best...and here is my proof. In 4 days i get to see my husband, though it will be short and sweet, i will be with him again soon, next week i organize (or begin to) our greatest adventure next to our kids and maybe getting married (nah that part was the fun part) moving to California for the next 17 months....i can't wait to see what is in store for us! I AM SO PROUD TO BE YOUR WIFE SPC JOSH CHAMBERS! can't wait to tell you in person next week!!!!!!!!!!
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