Tie a Yellow Ribbon

Today was one of the hardest I've had in a while. No amount of crafting, singing along to Jack Johnson, or even baking could have made my Uncles deployment any easier to take. I am the proudest niece in the entire world believe me, and completely support all our troops, but this feeling is leaving me completly lost. I have nothing to grab hold of or even know how to wrap my head around the fact that Chris is on his way to Afghanistan right now to do the most important job ever assigned to him. 

If you don't know my family this might not make much sense but I've always believed in the adage "it takes a village to raise a child" and as a child not only was my mom working incredibly hard to make sure I was brought up right, respectful, and God fearing, so were 4 grown men, 1 crazy woman, and 2 grandparents. (This list doesn't even include my dads side of the family, and believe me that is a whole other list of amazing people, but for know we are focusing on the James') So anyway not only do I have the most amazing mother and grandparents but also these 5 other people who helped raise me in various ways, they aren't just aunt's and uncle's, because the word aunt and uncle only meant brother or sister to the mother and father but the relationship I have with these people is not just an adult in my life that drops in for Holidays and calls to check up on me. They don't treat me like someone lesser than them they treat me like an equal, well almost haha, how about they treat me like the little sister (yes that might be thinking a little high of myself but that's how they make me feel and I love it) 

So unfortunately that makes Chris leaving that much harder because to me he is like my brother.  I remember his medical school graduation, he bought me my first Ipod and let me drive his BMW (only to re-enforce my love for German engineering, but that is another blog for another day).  He also has always been there for the love and support I've needed.

All I want is for Chris to come home safe and to find a way to keep calm and trust God that everything is in his hands. If anyone has any advice for this please let me know!  

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xoxo