Hanging in there...

First of all, thank you to my friends, whose calls, emails, texts and in person caring have made all the difference today. I appreciate you all more than you will ever know.

Bubba has made is safely to Missouri, or, as he put it after stepping into the 17 degree weather, The Great State of Misery! He's on a bus to base right now. It's been a long day, as we dropped him off at the processing center at 5:30 this morning. Luckily, he has had his phone all day, so I've been kept up to date on the goings on. He's called a bunch. He's missing us already, and we him. And I'm really sad about when he gets to base in the next hour and loses his phone. And I don't know when I'll get to talk to him again.

The other kids are having a hard time as well. He put them all to bed last night and came out crying each time. It's hard to see my big, burly boy crying. I just pray the time goes quickly.