I got up this morning to the sound of the birds lightly chirping outside of my bedroom window. I felt a soft breeze on my skin and could hear the light rustle of the curtains gently blowing in the wind. I reached over to touch Bryon, but of course, he wasn't there. So I rolled over and spent time praying for him, for his safety, that he would be able to come home for the birth of our baby and that God would shorten his deployment. At this point, I decided I should get up, so I got online, my normal morning routine, to check if Bryon happened to be on skype. It said he was! So I typed him a message with much enthusiasm and to my deep chagrin said, "Bryon Mushrush is currently not online, your chat messages will be delivered when you are both online again". For those of you who use skype, this is the message of the devil. NOOOO, Dad gum. So, instead of pining on my irritation, I started flipping through old pictures of us and found the ones we took last Easter. Thought you might like to see a few. We spent last Easter visiting my grandma in Charleston and then came home and spent Easter Sunday with my family. At that point, Mary and Nate were just dating and there was only ONE little one in the family. Now, only 1 year later, there are three little one's and a fourth is on it's way! wow! Oh, and isn't my husband handsome in his suit!
Love you all and Happy Easter.
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LOVE the last picture of the two of you together! Seeing you and Bryon is a visual reminder of the faithfulness of God. When I got to know Bryon I KNEW in my heart that the Lord had a VERY SPECIAL girl JUST FOR HIM and I am in awe of God's timing and His wonderful ways.
I'm sure seeing all the old pictures is bittersweet, but keep looking up- Joy comes in the morning. I hope this first deployment becomes your LAST seperation!
Love,
Holly
PS- 2 Easters ago, Bryon was hanging out with us at another friends house. Tony had JUST deployed to Afghanistan and we watched Anthony and Halle and a bunch of other kids hunt Easter Eggs. I remember taking a few pictures of Bryon and I can't remember if he was already dating you or not. You know I think he was b/c not long after that we went to see Hootie in the park downtown and Bryon went with us and another girl friend of mine whose hubby was also in Afghanistan and she had 4 kids, I had 2 and I remember thinking that not many single guys would willingly hang out with 2 married women and 6 kids on purpose! That is the night I took the picture of Halle on his shoulders with a Pixie Stick that your dad mentioned when we met him! Look what God has done since then!! Rejoicing into Easter...!
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