The Things We Do For Love

We really should stop every now and then and be thankful for the people we have contact with on a daily basis or I should say CAN have contact with on a daily basis. We take them for granted until they are gone and then we wish we had been more thankful for what we had. We have always had very good communication with Chris and prior to deploying, we talked to him every day if we could and sometimes more than that. We would pick up the phone and tell him about something that just happened, or that we just saw or what we just did. It was really great and we really didn't appreciate it until it was gone. We really miss not being able to pick up the phone and talk! Joey and Chris have always had sports in common and were forever calling each other to inform the other one on the latest. Well, now we don't have that luxury so we have learned to compromise. Joey is absolutely the MASTER at it. He sends Chris a sports update almost daily via email. He really gets into it. Chris and Joey love the movie Anchorman and were always quoting lines. Well, Joey narrates his sports update emails as Tits McGee, which is how Ron Burgandy referred to his co-anchor. They are hilarious. Joey takes a great deal of pride in his sports updates and Chris loves getting them. Who knows...maybe Joey has a chance at a career in reporting. This really helps Joey feel like he still has his bond with Chris and Chris gets to stay up on the latest sports.

My job is to keep Chris up to date with Grey's Anatomy. Before he deployed, we would always call after the show and rehash what we liked and didn't like about the show. Now I share that in a weekly Grey's Anatomy update. It's not quite the same but Chris enjoys getting them and it helps him stay up on one of his favorite shows and it helps me feel like we still have our connection.

Nothing beats hearing Chris' voice but these things seem to help...
The things we do for love!