Pre-Deployment, Dear Deployment

Dear Deployment, 

I write tonight to tell you I do not hate you. You are the cause of pain, and heartache, and, truthfully, I do not like you at all. But, you are necessary and a burden my Soldier has chosen to take on.

As a Soldiers wife, I knew I would face you; and, as you approach ever closer, I refuse to give in to your fear, loneliness, or anything else you choose to throw at us. 

My husband and I are stronger than you, Deployment. You can not hurt us. 

Deployment, we will use you. We will take your distance and say you have provided my husband with a land he has never seen.

We will take your separation to show that while we can be strong alone, we choose to remain together no matter the hardships. 

Deployment, we will face you and see an opportunity to experience that which we could not experience together. You are a challenge, Deployment, but we have faced worse. 

My husband a I are stronger than you, Deployment. We will overcome you. 

I am not naive, Deployment. I have seen what you have taken from so many. And, yes, you may get me down every now and then, but I will never forget, your days are numbered. 

I may pack his boots, so that he can be with you Deployment, but he will come Home to me. 

I promise you, I will never let you win. You are temporary, Deployment; my Marriage is forever. 

On a personal note, I thought I should warn you, Deployment. While you have beaten others, you do not stand a chance with me. 

I have a family that loves me, a husband that is true to me, and one hell of a past that tells me you're just another mountain to move. 

So Deployment, know this...My Husband may be with you, but he'll always be thinking of me.

Sincerely, 

MRS. USAF

PS. If this letter has put things into perspective, and you'd like to cancel yourself, be my guest.