Ms. MO’s Mad Mad World

My friend over at A Touch of ‘Tude is jotting down some deployment tips. One came to mind yesterday while I was sitting next to my daughter folding socks. I was actually folding a pair of Maverick’s socks he left in the hamper during R&R. R&R was about six weeks ago. I don’t like washing all of his clothes at once after he leaves. I realize that some do and just want to get it over with. I like to do it a little at a time because it feels like he’s some what home. Or rather once I run out of the things to wash he might be home and then I can yell at him for leaving more dirty clothes lol.

Another thing my friend said she does is put one of his shirts on a pillow or teddy bear to sleep with. She, like me, enjoys her soldiers bottled scent along with his own natural one. So no clean shirts for us. I am always afraid of sleeping with the shirt because I don’t want the scent to wear off or my own replaces his. So I keep Maverick’s old stinky shirt, lol, on the back of my bed. So when I need to I just hug it with my bear and put it back before I fall asleep. Just before he comes home I will wash the shirt and hang it back up.

It’s funny how we all have our own little deployment rituals. I would enjoy reading more and remembering all the little things I do that I don’t even pay attention to. Like my late night, just before drifting off to sleep thank you to god for keeping him safe and keeping the girls and I safe. It is so automatic I barely notice I’m doing it.

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