A new rating

I have been behind on my blog-nothing like a wedding in the family to take precedence. The AF 2Lt is now a Mrs.-and her husband is also a 2Lt in the Air Force just getting ready to start flight school. As I wrote in my Christmas card-sleep in peace-my family is on duty all over the world.
My husband was able to come home for the wedding and returned to Dubai /Kabul several weeks ago.

It is hard to keep up with him and his everchanging schedule. So when news of the attacks in Kabul hit the TV the other day the hair on the back off my neck stood up. I recognized that mall
and hoped he was anywhere but there. Turns out all was well-but members of his crew who are Afghani live right next to the fighting. They are so tired of war.

Right now my son who was deployed is happily back at home and everyone else is in training mode. I will treasure these moments of calm-I know that soon they will be interrupted by a call to harm's way. And in the meantime we will celebrate a new marriage, and a new helicopter rating; a permanent duty station in California plus no Kabul overnights. Life is good.