"Home is Where the Marine Corps Sends Us"

I can't even begin to tell you how true this statement is..I tried to avoid that concept when we first got married..but found that to be a pretty hard task..the truth is..we are going to live ALOT of places before we get out..maybe even another country..So as a wife and one day a mother..Im going to have to try very hard to make wherever we go, home....I didn't ask for this lifestyle..but i wouldn't trade it for the world..Because I'm proud of my husband and what he does..and this is the pill we have to swallow..as hard as that is sometimes..
Yes, sometimes I wish i could click my heels together and be "home" in Mobile..with Mark of course, with a regular job, and a stable life.. but that's not an option right now..Im going to have to face more deployments, more nights alone,more days of him going to work at 5:30am and not getting home until 8pm..Im going to have to trust my husband from continents away..and one day I'll probably have to raise my kids alone for months at a time..everyone always makes the biggest deal of deployments..yes they are long and dangerous..but even when the guys are "home" we still have to go long periods without seeing them..they work rediculous hours..they go for training ops..and are pulled back to work all the time..but thats our life..for now atleast..
We have been trying to find more ways to make our life a little more normal lately..we have found getting settled into a Church really helps..Because God is always the same..and being around other believers helps keep that Faith in sight..not to mention our Pastor is a retired Marine..so he knows what these guys are going through..also I try to cook dinner every night..and make our home a home..we decided to live off base..so we can leave work at work..it makes a huge difference..
We are both starting college next month..which will help alot..I didnt think either of us were actually going to go..but we are..im so proud of us..
And the pets..Bella,Brutus,and Lucy..they are our babies..they LOVE the house..its officially their property and they love to guard it..they crack us up..when we first moved in Brutus ran straight into the glass door..poor baby..but it was hilarious..
Anyways, im way to good at getting off subject!! We are settled in the house now..Still a little homesick (even after a year)..im sure I will always be a little homesick..Mark is, and he's been away for 4 years now..But we will just keep trying our best to make this house home..until they move us to the next one.. FNP

**If you would like to be praying for Mark and me, I will put a prayer list at the bottom of each post of things we need prayer for..all prayers would be so appreciated!!**
Prayer Needs:
God's direction for our lives beyond the military(ie:everyday ministry,our time with Him)
For God to send the right people into our lives
Safety for the rest of Mark's unit still in Afghanistan