Army brats amaze me....

Okay I am just sitting here checking emails, and watching the kids out the window playing. I am just thinking how awesome these military kids are. Sometimes I am quite selfish in my thinking, about how lonely I get for Preston, and how much I miss him, but come on....I am an adult. I am supposed to understand why he is gone, and how long he will be gone. I watch these kids, some as young as 2 years old all the way up to 17 years old... they have to be just as sad, and missing their dads, but they just go on, with a smile on their faces. Most of the kids' dads are gone already, but one more set of dads are leaving on Monday. One of Colten's close friends, his dad is in that group. I am watching him outside with a big smile on his face. He is laughing and playing. He is taking advantage of a few more days with his dad. The dads that are still here always include all the kids, who are desperately seeking time with a dad. They are so awesome. One of Travis' comments made me think about it. He said remember that time we went camping with all the kids and all the dads.....everyone but my dad. It made me so sad, but I told him that Dad would definitely take him next year. The boys had a blast! The men in the ward took every single boy, who wanted to go, on the Father and Son outing. It was so awesome. They have no idea how much that meant to us mothers! And let me tell you just from our ward we probably have over a hundred dads gone for at least 15 months at a time. Anyways...I am getting off subject. I just wanted to say how awesome I think these kids are and how they just take it day by day, and they really are a support to each other even without knowing it. I remember when my neighbor Rhonda's husband came home for R&R. Jake happened to be over there playing, and he came home crying. He said how come Keigan's dad is home and mine is not? I couldn't help pulling him up on my lap and crying with him. Shoulda, Coulda, woulda had a nice little happy thought for Jake, but just like Grandma Jeanie always says...it is okay to cry...every once in a while....