He's been bringing home some gear lately and the girls have been interested in some of it, so it just seemed like a natural time to bring it all up.
We all sat down and we talked about everything that he's been bringing home and explained that it was for a big work trip that Daddy is going on. That he was going to a place far away called Afghanistan. Daddy wasn't going to be home for a while, but we could talk to him on the phone and see him on the computer every so often. I pretty much choked back tears the whole time.
I pretty much choked back tears the whole time.
I wasn't sure how much the girls were actually understanding, but we were sitting on the couch later and Haley was next to Zach. She looked up at him and said "Daddy, I am going to miss you." Tears started falling (that day and now as I recall it).
I know we will have to keep talking about it over the next few months, but the girls now know that Daddy is deploying to go help people.
This is certainly going to be the hardest time we've had as a family, but I am hoping the time flies by so that we don't have miss Daddy for so long.
I pretty much choked back tears the whole time.
I wasn't sure how much the girls were actually understanding, but we were sitting on the couch later and Haley was next to Zach. She looked up at him and said "Daddy, I am going to miss you." Tears started falling (that day and now as I recall it).
I know we will have to keep talking about it over the next few months, but the girls now know that Daddy is deploying to go help people.
This is certainly going to be the hardest time we've had as a family, but I am hoping the time flies by so that we don't have miss Daddy for so long.
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