Be as strong as you can be

The above picture was taken by a sweet woman named Pam Nelson a very kind woman. Pam's son also graduated Army Basic Training on the same day that my husband did. She happened to snap the picture above when I was returning my husband to Fort Sill on graduation day. It was so hard to give him back at the end of two days together. I remember just after kissing him goodbye as pictured above, he just looked at me and gradually took two steps back while saying "Ok then, ok bye" stepping back again "Ok I Love you bye"  all the while trying to hold back his emotions. I told him I loved him and I was proud of him , I promised myself not to cry in front of him because that would only make it harder for him. The exact moment we both turned around and started walking in opposite directions, I lost it. I completely fell apart for total of about two minutes. I cried until I reached my car and then I sat in my car still crying, until a tap on the window drew me out of it. Pam Nelson proud army mom and Kaylyn her sweet daughter were two caring souls that helped put me back together. I got out of the car and Pam said she snapped a picture of us saying goodbye and promised to post it on facebook for me. Then Pam and Kaylyn hugged me and assured me that it was ok to fall apart because they have too at some point during the two days with their soldier. I cannot thank these two ladies enough for being there when I needed someone to understand, someone to care, someone to love me when I couldn't hold out any longer. Thank you ladies you are true blessings to me. Because in the end even though we are all trying to be as strong as we can be, we still may need a little or a lot of help.