Childhood

She is one of those friends who you know your entire life and don't realize how much you've gone through together until you sit back and think. It dawns on you that during her first two tours you were too young to understand and appreciate what she was doing. It terrifies me now, more than ever, that she is doing a third. I want to go to her wedding, meet her children, and grow old with her in my life. I will be praying harder than ever in ways that only come with age. I know that with God on her side, and mine too, she'll make it home safely. She'll make it back to those who love and cherish her.