Oh Starry Night II

G'evening, folks.  Last year, our first Christmastime together on SpouseBUZZ, I let you peak under the tent into what's on my mind at this time of the year, in a post of similar title.  So I guess that makes this post, the beginning of a "tradition" eh?

In lands far, far away, there are US Warriors that are at this moment already looking at the fullness of the winter moon and wondering about Christmas, "at home."  When you're there, it can be remarkably quiet, whether in a bunker or your hooch or at sea or at FL150 ... there's a hush that falls all around you.   Then, out of no where, you feel the tug at your heart and stop and think, wonder what they're doing now?  And for an instant, you log-in the smells in the air, the feeling of your uniform serving it's umpteen hour, or maybe the sight of the strange guy in the next tent wearing new underwear he just got from his girlfriend, who's dancing around with a Santa hat on (always wondering if he's happy or if the perfume-laced BVDs just might be burning his ... yep, those). 

And it's in that instant that your brain stores something you never, ever forget.  Now, for me many years later, this night is the one that I stop, go outside where it's quiet, and begin my search for the moon.  For I know, 14 hours prior, there was a United States Warrior taking a brief second to look up at the moon and was thinking about what we are doing, right now. 

And the damnedest thing about all of this?

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All they want is for us, here at home, to be happy and safe.  That is Their wish, for Us!  Has the world turned upside down?  Nope -- they're just US Servicewomen and men, doing their jobs, and missing us.

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So, while we're here praying for them, they're o'er there, saying one for us.  No where but America.  For you whose loved ones are currently deployed in harms' way, it is on bended-knee that I say my prayers for them and for you.  May you all be safe and continue to cradle each others happiness in your hands as though there was nothing more precious.  Over&Out, MaintenanceToadOne

Comments

[Monica]

It is now 5:07 on Christmas morning, and I have yet to find my bed. But, the presents are wrapped, stockings are stuffed, and all the little parts to the motorized Barbie car are put together (with just a few extra pieces...Is that normal?? hee hee). I am tired, frustrated, excited, and extremely sad, because in a few short hours, (possibly minutes) my 4 beautiful children will come running down the stairs to see what Santa has left for them this year. I have been truly blessed to have another single-due-to-deployment wife and her children with me tonight. But as she found her way to her bed, I am left to wonder what my husband is doing at this very moment in far away Afghani-land! And, I realized that I really wanted someone around who understands why I would rather sit and ponder about the days events half a world away than try to get some precious sleep before tomorrow's activity. Then I remembered a great even I attended on December 1st in Fayetteville, NC called "Spouse Buzz Live". (I was the really loud one who was cheering everyone on!!) And I decided that tonight was the night I would finally take the time to sign on and see what this spousebuzz is all about. I figured that if I could relate with everything that was discussed at that event, surely someone would relate to what I am feeling right now. And, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but "Oh Starry Night...II". Thanks, Toad. This is exactly what I needed. What a great feeling it is to know that just as I worried and wondering about my husband, he is doing the same for me. In a strange way, that makes me feel like we are connected...like the song..."Somewhere Out There"... (I know you are singing it in your heads...hee hee). Just knowing that we are both looking at that same bright star... Oh, my....here come the kids...gotta go. Thanks again....Merry Christmas!!!

[Monica]

It is now 5:07 on Christmas morning, and I have yet to find my bed. But, the presents are wrapped, stockings are stuffed, and all the little parts to the motorized Barbie car are put together (with just a few extra pieces...Is that normal?? hee hee). I am tired, frustrated, excited, and extremely sad, because in a few short hours, (possibly minutes) my 4 beautiful children will come running down the stairs to see what Santa has left for them this year. I have been truly blessed to have another single-due-to-deployment wife and her children with me tonight. But as she found her way to her bed, I am left to wonder what my husband is doing at this very moment in far away Afghani-land! And, I realized that I really wanted someone around who understands why I would rather sit and ponder about the days events half a world away than try to get some precious sleep before tomorrow's activity. Then I remembered a great even I attended on December 1st in Fayetteville, NC called "Spouse Buzz Live". (I was the really loud one who was cheering everyone on!!) And I decided that tonight was the night I would finally take the time to sign on and see what this spousebuzz is all about. I figured that if I could relate with everything that was discussed at that event, surely someone would relate to what I am feeling right now. And, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but "Oh Starry Night...II". Thanks, Toad. This is exactly what I needed. What a great feeling it is to know that just as I worried and wondering about my husband, he is doing the same for me. In a strange way, that makes me feel like we are connected...like the song..."Somewhere Out There"... (I know you are singing it in your heads...hee hee). Just knowing that we are both looking at that same bright star... Oh, my....here come the kids...gotta go. Thanks again....Merry Christmas!!!

[Maint Toad1]

... and Merry Christmas to you Monica! AND to the most important issue, YES, all toy manufacturers add one or two extra pieces to every "project" simply to drive us mad! I'm sure the kids are elated this morning, as they should be. And thanks for dropping by SB; yep, we try to hang around most of the time as we care for our immediate families, we too, want to spend some time with our Extended Spouse family ... Be safe and don't forget that each kid gets the minimum of two hugs, yours and your husbands which I hear Santa put in their stockings ...!
Toad

[Christine C]

Merry late Christmas to everyone!! I'm just now getting on SpouseBuzz after a hectic few days. Monica, I think I sat with you at lunch at SpousBuzz Live. I was the only Navy wife sitting at the table!!