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Pause Life for a Moment: Jumpin-Bean

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Pause Life for a MomentI discovered Jumpin-Bean’s blog while visiting blogs that had Aloha Friday questions. I loved her layout and her question. I went back week after week not just to answer the questions, but to read about her cute little boy and her husband faraway serving our country.

I realized soon after that I had found a true blogging friend. We e-mail back and forth about our families and visit each other’s sites often. If she lived three hours closer, we would be hanging out and watching our children play many times a week. She is just that much fun.

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Time for a Twix moment?

Nope, just time to enjoy my life.

Let me give you a quick rundown on who I am…

I started blogging while my husband was deployed…

Just “something to do” that has turned into more than that!

I was a first time mom… Talk about scary!

Also dealing with the reality that my husband was deployed to Afghanistan.

(It just happened to be my first time going through a deployement as well.)

I was terrified that I would do something wrong.

I tried to savor any and every moment.

One, to be able to enjoy it to the fullest…

But, Also to tell my husband every single detail.

We had video of daddy reading books to show while he was gone.

We talked on the phone as much as possible.

Our middle names became SKYPE….

Meaning, we Skyped as much as we could.

Although the video was not perfect, we tried to make the most out of it.

I was determined that Broxton would know who his daddy was when he returned from duty.

Of course, his first word?

Daddy.

Was I upset?

Nope, I was happy…

If Marc could not be here for everything…

At least he had that.

Once Marc returned, Broxton immediately took to him…

As if he had not been gone for a single minute.

I loved it, but jokingly reminded them both I needed love too, as I was the one there the whole time! Maybe not the best of jokes.. but still…

While Marc was gone, my life was a whirlwind… 24/7

Luckily, he is home…

Safe and sound…

And although it is not all peace and quiet on the homefront…

It IS wonderful!

The way I pause my life for a moment these days?

I sneak and watch Marc and Broxton playing.

They make up for it, everyday…

Marc teaches him how to wrestle…

and how to count…

How to fly a kite and how to ride his tricycle.

Those are my moments that I pause for.

They get lost in each other…

and I get to enjoy that bond that we were both so terrified would be lost over the deployment!

I know that technically is not “pausing my life for a moment… “

But that is the best pause for me…

I get to see my husband being a wonderful daddy …

and I get to see my son basking in the love that only his daddy can give him.

I love it and I am so thankful that I get to steal the moments of sneaking a peak at that love.

How do YOU Pause your life?

Please stop by Jumpin Bean’s blog and share with her your thoughts on her special post.

 
 
 
 
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Comments

  4. I pause by wrapping myself around a sweet baby boy. The world needs more cuddles. I just can’t get enough.

  5. Aww loved that post. I was especially interested because I pray daily for ‘your boys’ in Afghanistan and Iraq, just like I pray for our own (I’m from Scotland, so the British soldiers are ‘my boys’)
    God bless you x

  6. Thanks so much for the sweet words!
    I wish we were closer too… Oh the fun all of us would have!!!!
    Thank you for letting me guest post!

  9. I follow Noelle and her adorable little boy and husband too.
    She is a wonderful woman and friend.

    Great feature.

  12. thanks for all the kind comments 🙂
    (it made my hubby smile when I read them to him!)

  16. Such a great photo.
    Noelle is a wonderful person and I wish I lived closer to her also so I could get together for coffee and just chat.
    Thanks for featuring her.

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