Sorry it has been so long since I myself have spoken or written to any of you. I spend most of my days working hard and when I get home I just try to relax and not think of work. For those of you that don't know I have some news concerning such. I will be deploying next month. I will be on a one year tour. As much as it sucks to leave my family and my little girl I am kind of excited. I do something that I enjoy for the Army and I have some awesome co-workers. I mainly wrote to let you all know, but while I am here I should let you know about everything else.
Dana is now 1 year and 3 months old. She is getting into everything. One of her favorite things to do is push buttons and it is always at the most inopportune times. When you are doing homework and you have forgotten to save it and are almost finished, you can be assured that Dana will be there to push the power button to your computer. When you really got into a movie and the climax of the movie is about to happen and everything has led up to this, Dana is off behind the couch playing with the remote and changes the channel or she turns the TV off or something. Luckily she hasn't found out how to turn on our gas stove. She has one of the most adorable voices that you can tell she is trying to form words, but she hasn't quite got it. She can say "MAMA!!!!!!" though and uses it quite frequently when she doesn't get her way. Other than that she is an all around adorable child. And by round I mean "ROUND", but she is finally thinning out now that she is walking.
Teresa is doing great as some of you already know. We have reached our three year anniversary today. It is hard to believe that we have been married for that long. It is still kind of odd to me to think that I am a husband and father, even though I spend most of my day working to provide for them.
Lastly, but not least I am kind of coming up on my final date of my enlistment. I will come up on the date the year I come back from deployment. This leaves me contemplating what I want to do with my life. I have taken some college courses, but have taken a break these last couple of months to spend more time with Dana and Teresa. I have 18 credit hours finished on-line while working full-time since last year, April. It has been difficult, but rewarding. I am forced, however to contemplate further what it is I want to do because there is little time after I come back. I feel a certain pull towards staying in the Army, but transferring to another job called Chaplain's assistant. A Chaplain is an army religious minister and his assistant is obviously that an assistant. He will help with the paperwork and planning, making sure everything is going the way it should. This is a hard decision because I not only have to think of myself, but also my family and their needs. The Army can provide many essential things for the strengthening and bettering of a family. The downside is what a soldier must do when called upon to do so, go to war.
This is me and what is happening in my life. I love you all very very much and think of you often even though it doesn't seem that way. God bless you in all your efforts as he does me in mine.
Your Brother and Son,
SPC Emmot, Joshua David
United States Army
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2 comments:
awww this is sweet... and yes, Dana is truly an adorable child but very active as well in all the areas you wish she were just a little toned down. such is the life of a parent.
Wow Josh! I don't think I have heard you talk that much in.... I don't even know how long. Maybe you should post more often so I can get to know you better. :) Glad to hear all is well with your sweet family.
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