Comments on: Our Flag and Re-framing today

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:06:54 +0000

The ice cream for breakfast approach works for me — although I’m guessing you might have set a new tradition for the kiddles Then again, I bet Joel will enjoy it also - next year. I’m glad you made it a Family Birthday.

{Hugs}

By: SingingOwl

SingingOwl — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:07:33 +0000

Family Birthday! I like it…remembering a couple of those miserable anniversaries from our long-ago USMC days. And ice cream for breakfast! YAY!

By: Chap

Chap — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:53:55 +0000

The way my wife and I have dealt with this stuff over the decades and deployments is to time shift the days. So our anniversary is some other day, or her birthday comes a month early, or we have a big ol’ blast because I’ll be gone too long.

It seems to work for us.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:18:58 +0000

Family birthday…EXCELLENT idea. I’ll have to file that away for future lonely anniversarys of my own.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:32:18 +0000

Ah yes. The dreaded anniversary. When Jon was gone, I got a professional massage and had dessert with friends to, uh, “celebrate.” (to add salt to the wounds, it was our FIRST anniversary…)

I even took it a step further. (I mean hey, if the whole year is going to stink, you may as well live it up, right? I celebrated each month as a huge accomplishment… the 15th of each month (he deployed on May 15th) became a party, whether it was me getting together with friends, bringing Dunkin Donuts to work, or whatever- I would find something to do to celebrate. It started with “One Down, Eleven to Go” Day and went on from there…

I like your way of looking at it as a “family birthday” though- that way you can celebrate with the kids too! I say, when the spouse is gone, sometimes you just need ice cream for breakfast!

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:56:25 +0000

Actually that seems like forever ago. Definitely during some different lifetime at least.

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:54:06 +0000

My mom loved to eat ice cream for breakfast. and lunch. and dinner. and bed time snack. and….

Sorry about a lonely anniversary. I can’t believe it was a year ago I watched the kids so you could go to zio’s for your 11th! Time is moving fast!