There have been some great developments lately when it comes to deployments. While none of us are very fond of the time away, we do like to hear about things that’ll make the transition a little bit easier. Have you ever gone through deployment? If you have then you know all too well what it means to have a loved one away and how crazy you feel during this time. You also know how the kids and any other close family feels.
Do you know of any tricks that can help those that have never gone through this? If you do please leave a comment or email me and let me know, I’d love to include them. For my family we did a weekly video email to daddy, this made the kids happy for more than one reason and daddy happy. Every week he got to see the kids on a video talking with him, so while he may have missed watching
them grow during that time he also got to watch them. This is nothing like the real thing but it sure made him feel great every week when he’d check out his email and see we’d sent him another video. Is this something that you can do? If you are on a military base you can, check out the PX and find out if they have a Video Email area. This normally a few little stalls inside the store,
each stall is seperated by a thin curtain for privacy. We would go every week after story hour, after our emails we would hit up the ice cream area and get a scoop of our favorite.
While we loved sending these to daddy, I know the kids would’ve loved to have seen one of him. But we couldn’t do that, at least not during that time. Last week it was announced that they (the military) are able to send video emails back. This is great news for both the military member and the family, now everyone can join in on the fun and the kids can see what daddy really looks like. This would make transition a little more easier. During our time, I would always make sure to bring a picture of daddy and place it by the camera so that my youngest would feel she was really talking with him. Now, of course all we’d have to do is watch a video sent by daddy and then send him one back.
Thank you Military for making deployments just a little bit easier.
For more on making seperations a little easier.
Fun Crafts for Kids During Deployment
What a Care Package Means to a Military Family
Volunteering Can Mean Sending Care Packages