[loser_child]

what i'm dealing with isn't exactly a loss like death would be. right now, my dad is deployed to baghdad, and that's hard enough as it is. it's been six months since i've seen him...and just now it's getting really hard. sometimes i don't know how to stop myself from crying. i just think about the times we've spent together, and it only makes me feel worse. i'd give anything to have him back...bad temper and everything. but that's the one thing i keep striving on for...i just wanna see my daddy again...just one more time..

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines
-Steve McCroskey
<div class="foot">(Edited by loser_child on 07/22/04 05:08 AM.)</div>

[darkeyes]

I am so sorry to hear this, it is normal to miss a loved one, and with the war thing it must be extrememly scary for you and your family, try to comfort yourself, though I am sure that is near impossible due to the nature of this, but try to keep in your mind that he too, is thinking of you, and of course missing you, try to keep thinking that you can't wait to be re-united, try to think about what a celebration it can be, think things like he is with me in my soul, I amnot lonely with him there.
This might sound weird, but I often think that when a person is deeply thinking of another they too are thinking of you.
I keep that mindset and it helps me to get by thinking my dad is always with me, even if it isn in a physical presence.
Wishes of love and luck to you,
take care now,
DE

(((((((((((((((( loser_child )))))))))))

PS I do not believe in your "name" here, you are NOT a loser

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SOLON

[gloria]

My prayers are with you. A few members in my family were in the military and it is hard to sit and wait.

All of our care and love are with you.

gab

[loser_child]

thank you all. it's just harder sometimes more than others. although my dad won't be back to spend christmas with us, we'll still be able to spend time with him...and that's all that really matters. i just have to be able to think of going out shopping for a dress so i can be his pretty little daughter. his only little girl. we're also planning this cruise for when he comes back. we've never really had a real vacation. but other than that, i just think of what he's doing at different times of the day. with the 9 hour difference between texas and baghdad, he's most likely asleep, or just waking up. it's nice to have the thought.

well...i should be writing him an email he can read when he wakes up. got a lot of catching up to do. thank you all again.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines
-Steve McCroskey