Deployment

So the hubby left on the 11th for the first deployment that he has gone on since we have been married. So for two years I have had him pretty much by my side through everything. When we first started talking and got together he was in Iraq, but at that time it was like this new love kinda thing. Everything was still fresh and new, so we got through all of that awkwardness and scaredness while he was gone which made it perfect. Now it is totally different. Every minute seems like an hour and every day seems like a week. I am beginning to wonder if this is every going to end. I have gotten to talk to him quite a few times since he has left. I do enjoy hearing his voice every chance that I get, but it will never take the place of those arms wrapping tight around me as we go to sleep at night. Our daughter Abi walks around asking for daddy. She knows that he isn't here but everytime she hears a car outside she runs to the door, and my heart breaks all over again. I hurt for her b/c I know that no time soon will it really be her daddy walking through the door. Currently we don't know when he is coming home. Originally it was only going to be a 6 month deployment (which sounds shorter than it feels) but I was informed today that their time there may be extended. We of course won't know until he gets a little further along in his deployment. My husband loves his job, and I am extremely proud of him for it. There will always be conflict and people being torn away from their families..I am just glad that he is getting most of it out of the way while the kids are still young enough to forget it. I can't wait until he is finally where he is going to be for a while that way Abi will be able to see him, if only for a minute or two. I know that it would help my feelings and I hope that it will help hers and his as well.