A letter from a wife whose husband is on the front!

It’s hard to describe just what my husband’s return home has done for us. The last time he came home he wasn’t his usual self. He was filled with anguish and rage; he was affected by everything he’d endured. But this time it’s so different. He’s the man I remembered. Loving, tender, smiling, full of life and energy, and warmth. 

And what it’s done for the girls is a godsend. 

Yesterday they all woke up earlyish and he said he was taking the two of them for a day trip… a daddy-daughters day out. He took them to Eilat for the day. He has a cousin down there with kids their ages and he needed this time to bond with them again. Their eyes were lit up when they knew he was taking them and the energy in them was electric. 

I was home with baby, happily doing the housework and writing on X and spending the day with my baby boy. I haven’t been able to take the smile off my face since he got home and I’m floating on clouds. 

I know it’s all going to be so different in a week when he goes back for who knows how long, but for now I’m just making the most of it and enjoying every moment I can while still needing to write and do what I have to do. But these last few days have simply been magical. His kiss literally melts me. His touch takes away all my pain and anxieties. It’s just been what we all needed so so much. 

They got back home late yesterday evening and I expected the girls to be completely exhausted. But they came in buzzing. The joy on their faces and the closeness between them brings the best possible feeling I could ever have. We needed this calm. What comes after he leaves I’ll worry about then. I know the girls will struggle a little but nothing can take this week away from them. It will last with them forever. It’s changed everything for them. They’re bouncing and laughing and just… happy. We all are. 

Our house is filled with nothing but love and that’s something I’m going to do everything in my power to keep going… until he returns to us again and never has to go back. 

It’s the moments in life that we need to cherish most. This is what life is all about. Moments.