Yeah, my baby brother?
He is a United States Marine.
Recently home after his first stint in Afghanistan, my 'baby' brother, my daughter's beloved Uncle B, is not only stateside, but home. Home is 3 hours away from us, but we just got word that he and Mother will be visiting on Friday.
(I had hoped for, and asked my mother for, a week's notice, if possible. Evidently, that wasn't possible ;-)
Nevertheless, it is *very* exciting news that he is coming! We are thrilled to see Granma, too, mind you. But, unless you have known & loved a soldier who was deployed, risking death for our country, then you can't possibly imagine what we who love them go through. As a Christian, I've prayed many a prayer, not a few of them fervent.
But, I was unprepared for the emotions involved with having my little brother 'over there', 'doing what a Marine must do'.
My daughter and I prayed together for him. I always kept my emotions in check during our shared prayer times for him. I certainly didn't want to stress my daughter out!
But when it was just My Daddy & Me, I let it rain. I really, really did. Many times I had to take my fears and my tears to Him for comfort and assurance. But now, after that long wait, he's home safe; he's home sound; he's home in one piece. He's just HOME!
So, yeah. It's sort of a big deal that Uncle B is coming Friday! K? Thx! ;-)
They will be making a day trip, so Friday's schoolwork will have to be made up on Saturday. Not a thrilling idea, especially since we took Labor Day off, also. It was one of the very, very few days that Daddy got to be off work, which meant home with us! But that's one of the joys of homeschooling, isn't it? The ability to enjoy life, as it happens. Flexibility! Yay!
We have things to do in preparation for Our Marine's visit!
Michaela will be drawing him a special picture.
Last time he came to visit, I'd had chili in the crockpot. Altho not quite done, he kept at me until I relented and let him serve up a bowl, which he devoured. So, this time, I want to make a pot of chili... a big pot... that WILL be done when he gets here, and with enough that he can take plenty home. Cornbread to accompany it, of course.
We also want to make some cuppycakes for his visit. No reason in particular... we just want to love up on Uncle B.
I am toying with the idea of balloons and streamers, since we were unable to attend his homecoming, which hurt my heart somethin' fierce, lemme tell ya. I just don't know if he will find that all over-the-top, or what. So, the jury's still out on that one.
I do know my daughter wants to make it all home-comey for him. And yeah, I put all that in her head (laughing). So, I guess we will be doing something like that, too.
Is it all mushy-gushy? Yeah, probably.
But we can't help it!
We just Love Our Marine!
OORAH!
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