Deployed! Yikes!

Well, my dh found out that he is definitely getting deployed. Now it's a matter of when and how long. I'm so sad that I feel like I've been walking around under a cloud today, and I know that's selfish. I mean, I do have perspective - he's not ill, he's alive and here and happy - so that's all wonderful - many people go to Iraq for longer than a year - so that's good, too. But it still makes me so sad to think of going through each day without him by my side and without him there to see the kids smile and hug them when they're sad.

On a strong note, my s/s has been wonderful since he's been living with us more and I am actually happy that he's thinking he'll stay even when my dh is gone. He's been great to have around and he's really starting to mature so he is more reasonable and easier to deal with.

Any other wives/mothers dealing with deployment out there? I'm going to blog, too, so non-members can join us and chime in on this.