Tag: combat injury
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The waiting game continued, but this time we weren’t waiting for surgeries or a medical update. This time, we were waiting for Jeff to come home. Jeff spent December 5th through the 8th in Landstuhl before he was able to get on a flight home. He’d be coming home on a C-17 equipped like a…
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Hurry Up and Wait
I never went to sleep that night. I was exhausted, and this is where my memory of the days that followed starts getting a little foggy. I can remember the day before surprisingly well, but the timeline after that is harder to piece together. If there’s one phrase I heard often while Jeff was in…
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The Call
One of my best friends, Maddie, snapped this photo of me and my one-year-old daughter in the middle of trying to get pictures for our Christmas card. I had scooped her up and kissed the back of her head before making yet another attempt to put the bow back on. Every time I fixed it…
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Let’s Start at the Very Beginning
I said I wanted to share some of the past along the way, but figuring out where to begin is harder than I thought. Nearly 14 years have passed, and so much life has happened since then. We’re very much focused on where we are now and where we’re going, but so much of what’s…
