A few months back we went to a pre-deployment briefing. I was feeling good, looking for information, not emotional at all. Then the speaker started talking about how deployment affects children. He said usually the very young do okay with it, as they are too young to understand. The older teenagers usually do okay, as they are old enought to understand. "The children who have the hardest time with the deployment," he said, "are those ages 8 - 14." Out came my tissue. My children are 8, 10, and 13. All three in the "have a harder time dealing with it" age group. I hope I have the strength and patience to help get them through this and come out of it stronger. It got me thinking about things I can do to help them. One of the things I came up wih is that they will each learn a new talent while Jayson is away. Morgan and Regan have decided they will learn to play the guitar, and Wyatt wants to learn to play drums. I am hoping Wyatt will change his mind and decide on the guitar as well. Drums just don't seem peaceful and stress reducing for some reason.
At the briefing they gave the kids each a squishy grenade with "Wyoming Army National Guard" printed on the side. As we were driving home, our daughter, Regan, asked me "What are these things used for, anyway?" I explained to her how they're used, how they are thrown into a building or whatever to blow it up. She said "Sheesh, that sounds dangerous. Why don't they just flip a coin?" Now there's an idea!
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Hi, I am Heidi Weickum , Debi's daughter n law , and I was reading your posts!! It reminded me of when Jason got deployed. Believe me you will come out very strong!!! If you need anything , let me know we are moving to Torrington and I would love to get together with you .
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