11-17-10 Saying goodbye

Today Che left for his year deployment to Afghanistan. We've known for a long time that he would be going, but no matter how much advance notice you have or time you spend preparing, it doesn't make it any easier. The kids and I took the day off and took him to the airport, had a tearful goodbye and will wait to hear from him once he is in country. It will be a long year without him around and we look forward to his return next November.