People have said some strange things to me over the 10 years that I have been married to my sweet soldier.

Usually, it comes from a well-meaning civilian friend who asks, "How can you deal with all those deployments?"

He goes. He comes back. He goes and he comes back. It is a strain on him. It is a strain on me. It is a strain on our children.

But to answer the question unequivocally, I love the man.

I don't always love his job, his mission or the soldier who answers the phone and says that he is in a meeting. But I do love him.

That is how I deal with deployments.

Strength and Courage...sby