My boyfriend is at drill this weekend and I got a voicemail from him while I was working today. He said that things are moving much quicker than he expected and his unit will be leaving for Iraq on March 25th. But they have to actually leave a week before that to do all their preparations and stuff. So I only have about 3 weeks left with him before he'll be gone for a year.
I felt as if someone punched me in the stomach when I heard his message. It scares me so bad to think of him going into the middle of all the crap that is going on over there right now. Every single day, you hear on the news about more American soldiers getting killed in Iraq. God I hope that he'll come home safe.....and that the next three weeks won't be the last I ever have with him.
I think I could handle him being gone for a year much better if I knew for sure that he would be safe and that he would come home. But there are no guarantees. He may not come home. I can't even describe how scared I am at the thought of never seeing him again.
Here's a picture of us a little over a month ago.
I have one of his dogtags that he gave me last year on the day that we said "I love you" to each other. It was such a sweet gesture when he did it...and I've always kept it right on my dresser. I think that now I'm going to get a chain for it and wear it until he comes home. That way, he'll always be close to my heart.
Anyway...he's supposed to call me later and give me more details. I'm really anxious to talk to him right now.
I felt as if someone punched me in the stomach when I heard his message. It scares me so bad to think of him going into the middle of all the crap that is going on over there right now. Every single day, you hear on the news about more American soldiers getting killed in Iraq. God I hope that he'll come home safe.....and that the next three weeks won't be the last I ever have with him.
I think I could handle him being gone for a year much better if I knew for sure that he would be safe and that he would come home. But there are no guarantees. He may not come home. I can't even describe how scared I am at the thought of never seeing him again.
Here's a picture of us a little over a month ago.
I have one of his dogtags that he gave me last year on the day that we said "I love you" to each other. It was such a sweet gesture when he did it...and I've always kept it right on my dresser. I think that now I'm going to get a chain for it and wear it until he comes home. That way, he'll always be close to my heart.
Anyway...he's supposed to call me later and give me more details. I'm really anxious to talk to him right now.