Central Arizona at 1000 - Wednesday
Kaesen woke up again super-early this morning! This means I also woke up early. It was well before 0600 and we rose with excitement and great appreciation for the day. I also rose with a glad heart knowing I would much rather be awake and interacting with him than asleep, although asleep next to him is awesome in its own right! Coffee was had by Daddy and even a bowl of Lucky Charms. Kaesen waited until later...
Later came in the form of Starbucks Birthday Cake Pops and chocolate milk. We went to Super Target, which has a Starbucks, and shopped for flip-flops and a toy bike. Mission accomplished and KT ate his favorite donut treats for breakfast. His eyes light up for many things throughout each day; I love them when they are looking at the prospect of delectable treats and interesting surprises. Life is good, people.
In a few hours we will leave Phoenix and head south for Tucson. We will stay there for two nights and enjoy the company of my sister, Amy, my best friend, Billy, and his family and extended family, and two more of my best friends, Tim and Elaine Courneen. Friday morning we will wake and bake another road trip under our truck tires east-southeast to Las Cruces. It is all good!
Throughout this entire trip, I am also visiting with doctors and specialists to have my damaged knees, lower back, headaches, tinnitus, and other Afghanistan-related ailments treated or further documented for future security. Taxing emotionally and psychologically, a war deployment can, and does for so many include minimal to maximum physical strain. I am so fortunate to be home and with all of myself connected. It needs confirming that many do not come home - or when they do, they come home broken in far worse ways. I am so appreciative of our men and women, civilian and military, who deploy.
143, Kaesen.
Good night and good day.
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