Clearing Out

If I have learned anything the past 10 days... it is that deployments with children is beyond the hardest thing I have ever had to balance.  As a reservist family, we are used to AJ being gone at night but not for days at a time with little to know communication. My boys adore their Dad and we have all felt the emptiness with him gone. Keegan has had some issues with turning work in late this week. Although I am not excusing the late assignment, I know how hard it has been for me to stay focused. I have decided I need to clear out the things that are un essential to us surviving this deployment. I have resigned from my volunteer job. I have loved the contacts I made, but I just can't give it my 110% now. The baby needs me during the day,  and the older kids need my full attention at night.  So from now on... it is the simpler route. I hate quitting anything,  but know it's essential.