Won't be home for Christmas

The first platoon from our company said farewell to their families today to start their 18 month long deployment. There were many sad faces. I was there to help put their bags on the truck and show my support. I'll see them over there in a week.

There was one wife that was saying goodbye that I noticed. She had a little girl and a baby in her arm. The little girl says to her mommy "Mommy, where is daddy going?" the mother responds "Daddy is going on the bus." Daughter says to her mommy "I want to go with daddy" as she extends her arm and tries to run to her father." The mother holds her daughter back and says to the little girl "You can't go with daddy baby."