Missing Daddy

He Had Me At Hello

Yes, my husband had me at Hello, but not the first time we met. The first time we met I thought he was the geekiest person I had ever....well almost ever met. Secretly I think I liked him even than. He possessed a certain honesty that comes with someone not trying to show off and be cool or pretentious to the girls. He was who he was and I liked that honesty. He never failed to express his mind, even though it left me stumped at times...But, the time my husband had me at Hello was when he came back from deployment a year ago.

Hello babe, he said as he swept me into his arms and kissed my lips. My heart fluttered uncontrollably and friends beckoned us to get a hotel room, but I deserved the passionate kiss that comes from prolonged separation. I deserved the look in his eyes as he thrilled at being on American soil again and held me in his arms. I deserved hearing the sound of his voice in my ears telling me how much he loved me. I deserved being the first to have his hello because he already knew he was going to say goodbye within a year.

He is leaving in a week and maybe less if the army has it their way. He will kiss me goodbye like we have never kissed before, he will say goodbye and I will wait for his Hello, honey I am home for a year or more. Yes, maybe more.

So, this last year he had me at hello...and this year he has me at goodbye.