Still Not Easy...

[Heatherg21]

Same with me. My comments just don't come out right.

Nah, I think they come off just fine.

 

[brewmeist]

My comments just don't come out right.

There is a reason I very rarely post here. My comments NEVER come out right. Usually my fingers are two steps ahead of my brain.

 

[cb7893]

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Sometimes I wish that I was as emotionally thick as two short planks.

I'm afraid I am that thick.

The happiness I feel knowing that our DSes are doing exactly what they set out to do, trumps the longing for them and the anxieties of "what could happen."

 

[kyboymom]

Even after two full years, it's still not easy watching my son go back. It's all fine and normal when he actually gets back, but it's the going back that is hard to watch. His best buds since grade school just left after watching the Bucks-Suns game. All trying to be cool while their eyes are misting. Tomorrow will be Mom and brother and sis before he heads back. Can't wait for that one... But it's all worth it. Everyone, including him, knows this is where he belongs.

You said it perfectly. It is the going back that is so hard to watch. The last hug, seeing him try to hold back the tears even thought he's excited to return, the brother hug where they both hold on longer than you expect, watching him walk through airport security with the stuffed sea bag and turn around for one last look. Mine heads back Saturday. We are all excited for his opportunities and we will love his pictures and texts once he gets there. He is where he should be but man, the leaving is so hard. Every. Single. Time.

 

[brewmeist]

I appreciate dads on this forum emoting and sharing.

That wasn't me emoting. It was the gin.

 

[AROTC-dad]

Even after two full years, it's still not easy watching my son go back. It's all fine and normal when he actually gets back, but it's the going back that is hard to watch. His best buds since grade school just left after watching the Bucks-Suns game. All trying to be cool while their eyes are misting. Tomorrow will be Mom and brother and sis before he heads back. Can't wait for that one... But it's all worth it. Everyone, including him, knows this is where he belongs.

Fiver years ago, my DS attended a regular university about 3 hours away from home, so the trepidation of seeing him off to college was not quite the same for my wife and I.

However, we had similar feelings when DS deployed to an combat zone nine months ago.

The emotions of that day were only matched in intensity by the news of his battalion's homecoming arrival last month.



DS's unit arriving back in the USA. (yes, he is one of the three officers in front).

 

[UHBlackhawk]

Same with me. My comments just don't come out right.

They always trigger me and I keep reporting them to the admins but they blow me off.