A deluge in Del Rio
17 September 2014 | Del Rio, Texas
Maggie
The past 5 days have been filled with a deluge of emotions, starting with the sense of pride and excitement I felt when I saw my first "Laughlin Air Force base" sign and ending with tears as I drove away this morning leaving my sweet Stephen and Candace still tucked up in bed.
The base is huge and filled with a constant humming of airlanes taking off and landing... and me looking up wondering which one Stephen is controlling.. they go so fast... and its hot for these young men and women in their overalls, and I want to remind Stephen to drink more water but I remember he's a Second Lieutenant and not my kid anymore...
and that brings me to the next deluge: a constant river of sweat running over my body... did they name Del Rio for the river or the sweat, I wonder??
Candace and I were lucky enough to sit on the flight line and watch Ste take off..
and to mow the lawn together, take a yoga class together, cook up a storm for Ste when he got home each night, go to church, play "Pandemic" and laugh with their friends as we tried to reveal the spy amongst us, shop and hang out in their comfy military base house, her working on editing photographs, me working through my Christian Yoga Teacher Training modules.
And Stephen and I laughed madly on Friday night as the rain poured down around us while we cooked his famous hamburgers under the cover of the carport!
My five days have flown by and I am so happy I got to be right where I was... deluge of river, sweat and tears and all!
Thanks for having me you two... I loved every minute.
PS: Congrats on passing the check ride today my boy :) so proud!