Ben had another of his Navy reserve drill weekends this past weekend. No different from usual, he came home briefly after work on Friday to grab some dinner and his gear, left before the kids headed to bed, and didn't get home last night until after everyone was already asleep. Add to that his leaving the house this morning before anyone was awake, and as of this afternoon the girls had not seen their Daddy in three full days.
When Ben finally did come home, he got quite the welcome. Jocelyn was best - she saw her Daddy and screamed "DADDY!!!" and bolted to hug him like it had been years and not days since they'd last seen each other. All three girls had fun catching their dad up on the weekend's events as well as today's happenings at school. Then when the kids went to bed Ben and I got to sit and catch up for about 30 minutes before he left for jiu jitsu class. It wasn't the longest talk, but it's more than we've been able to do face-to-face for a few days and therefore was really great. Most weekends Ben is gone we all miss him but manage to get along just fine. I don't know why but this weekend was a little harder than usual. The silver lining to that was when Ben did finally return home we were even happier than normal to see him. Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder, and we girls are all sure excited to have our guy back home where he belongs.
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