Am I Blissfully Domestic? Well that's a really good question… do I have an answer?
I guess I haven't really thought about it lately, our life is super crazy and very busy. With 2 kids (one who is homeschooled), a husband deployed to Afghanistan, and working from home.. sometimes it's all I can do to get through the day to day stuff.
I am fortunate enough to work from home plus being able to homeschool our oldest daughter so she can have the type of education that works for her. I'm happy that my career allows me to participate in school events with my younger daughter when the need arises. It also allows me to be there for them and give them some consistency when they need some extra love and attention or when they just miss their dad.
I am very blessed that my hero aka my husband can take care of us despite him being in a war zone. He makes sure that we are happy and healthy no matter what is going on "over there." He is doing what he needs to do there so everyone of us can be "blissfully domestic" over here!
So what has changed for us ?
Our life as parents is the thing that has changed the most since Daddy has been gone. We went from being a dual parent household to a single married mom household. Of course, we try to involve my husband in everything that we do. It's hard for him more than me I think… I have the girls here with me to keep me occupied.
Being a parent is hard regardless, but it's even more difficult in our situation (and for many families like ours). We still need to be parents and make the hard decisions for our girls. It certainly takes more effort than it did before.
So how do we do it??
Well - we use webcams, Skype, my blog, Facebook and lots of e-mail to stay in contact and keep Daddy involved as much as possible.
When our oldest daughter was having lots of difficulties in school, we had to actually arrange a time for him to call so we could make sure we had time to discuss the options. Ultimately, it came down to me making the hard choice but he was there (as always) to provide support, suggestions, feedback and options.
Even on our family outings we always try to include Daddy. We take lots of pictures and video and send it to Daddy so that he can see what's going on. Once I even streamed live video of my oldest daughter's play, so Daddy could "be there."
I love my life and wouldn't change it for anything! (well with the exception of having my husband at home and not a half a world away) Thanks to technology and new/social media – we are blissfully domestic!
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