Update on Roland

I thought I would take a moment to update everyone on Roland. He is safely in Afghan and has been now for about 3 weeks. He is doing well there not really much to tell anyone about that, because I don't really know anything. I only get to talk to him about 2 times a week on the phone and via email any other time. If people would like to contact him that would be great the best way would be to write him via his yahoo email account, rolandmaxson@yahoo.com. He is not able to get onto facebook very often at all and when he does he isn't on for very long.

Here is his address over there:

Sgt Maxson, Roland A 

Charlie Company, 7th ESB

Unit 42210

FPO AP 96427-2210

Anyone is welcome to send him letters or care packages. He is always in need of the basic personal hygiene items and he likes to get random things as well. An example is he recently asked me if I could find him a couple of foam swords to send to him. He is also alway asking for deer jerky, he likes books that are about dragons or fantasy or games for his DS. As I know more about what is going on with him I will let people know. He doesn't really tell me to much about what's going on over there or what he is doing so there isn't usually anything to say or tell.

I ask that everyone continue to keep him in your prayers and his unit, along with all the other military men and women over there. 

A Marine Wife's Prayer

A Marine Wife's Prayer

Give me greatness of heart to see,
The difference between duty and his love for me.

Give me understanding so that I may know,
When duty calls him, he must go.

Give me a task to do each day,
To fill the time when he's away.

When he's in a foreign land,
Keep him safe in your loving hand.

And Lord, when duty is in the field,
Please protect him and be his shield.

And Lord, when deployment is so long,
Please stay with me and keep me strong.

-- Author unknown

As Roland and I prepare to say our, 'see you soons' to one another I can't help but feel sad. Sad that for the next 7 or so months my other half, my soul mate, my lover and my best friend will be half way around the world from me. Sad that in these months he is going to miss seeing our beautiful toddler become even more of an individual with what I know will be a bigger then life personality. Sad that he is going to miss, once again, greeting our new little girl into this world and see her take her first breath and listen to that first cry. I try so hard to just push this all to the back of my mind and stay strong for my husband and our daughter but at times this 'job' of marine wife is overwhelming. I am so proud that up to now I have not cried in front of my husband even when we talk about what might happen, something we had to talk about because we had will's made out. I have only been strong and supportive to him, he is having such a hard time this time around, knowing that not only is he leaving a wife but he is leaving his daughter. He loves her so much and he's so afraid that when he gets back she isn't going to know him or want anything to do with him. I sure this is a fear of many men and women who leave their families to serve our country, but to see the pain in his eyes and the frustration on his face is heartbreaking. I ask that everyone please keep my husband in your prayers, give him strength to get through this deployment and peace of mind to know we will be fine while he is gone. That we will be here waiting with open arms for his safe return to us and that his little girl will know him and be so excited to see him when he does return.