Flying Machines ~ The Grace Between

Flying Machines

So Husband is gone now and with every flying machine that wings its way overhead, I hear a little voice from the back seat – “Is that Daddy?” and I say “No, that’s not Daddy,” and my heart sinks a little at knowing this conversation will continue for what feels like a million months, because my boy loves flying things, and oh, he loves his daddy.

And I love his daddy too and I would hitch a ride on any flying thing to get to him, a half a world away, my boring man. 

I met him in a flying machine, I fell in love with him there, and gave up the only other place my soul ever called home to raise his babies and, oh, I would hitch a ride on any flying thing to get to him, to weave my hand in his, to rest my head in the space under his chin, where I fit just right and the whole world gets quiet and smells like safe.

And my Wee Man tells me, “I fly airplanes like Daddy. {He gets a little confused.} I go up and down. I not scared.”

Little man … we can be brave together, and love our flying machines, and wish we could hitch a ride on any and all of them to get to this man I will love until the sun grows cold.

A man who loves us well and serves his country brave and solid.

I promise I won’t write about this much – I said I would but I changed my mind … it feels too manipulative. However many of you have been asking his whereabouts and I wanted to wait a little for security reasons. So now you know. Thanks in advance for all your prayers for our wee family.

Craning his neck to see Dad in formation. IMG_3573

 

The National Anthem. She’s confused, but it is too cute to correct, and everyone else is doing it!
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~M.

LInking up with the lovely Lisa Jo, and the Five Minute Friday crew who love on me from all over the country. 

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