come home safe boys

Last summer Mr was going through AIT out in Virginia

and I moved there for the summer to be with him

since he would be deploying shortly there after. 

Well it just so happened that Mr's battle from basic had AIT

at the same place and he also had a girlfriend.

She lived in NC and wanted to move out to VA for the summer just like me.

It all worked out perfectly and 

we were able to be each others first roomies.
We had agreed to live together, having never met until their
Basic Graduation Day.
She quickly became one of my closest friends.
I'm so thankful to have met her and have found myself a friend for life.

I moved there exactly a year ago, this week.

We have some amazing memories from last summer but it was

definitely a hard one, I'll go more into that another time.

But, my focus is recognizing two of our

friends from last summer that are deploying to Afghanistan 

today
Mr met one of them in AIT and the other was his battle.

These boys, along with a few others, became amazing friends to Mr and I
we have some great memories because of them.

The hard part about this Army life is you make great friends
but then get separated due to orders and deployments.
But along the way we've met some fantastic, wonderful, lifelong friends.
So I wouldn't trade it for anything.

To the boys: You are both very special friends to Mr. You made our

stay in VA a memorable and fun one.
I miss you both and hope we can all see each other again someday.
Thank you for serving and come home safe!

[mr on the left, friend on the right]