Last year,my husband was deployed during the holidays. So this year we’ve tried to do every event and tradition we could to gain up for lost time. Having your spouse around for those special moments is something that’s easy to take for granted. Like going to your local Starbucks for a holiday drink while blasting the Christmas tunes. I missed that so much last year–the puny things. Not only that, but my father had just died in a tragic accident a few months before and my family was across the country on the west coast. We exhausted traveling and savings funds from back and forth traveling associated with my dads passing, and so traveling for the holidays with four kiddos and myself was just not feasible at that time. Was it a bummer? Yes. But I knew I had to do what most forget approximately: remember my mindset. Everyone knows..
Source: militaryfamily.org