under-fire

In basic training, I shot the C-7 rifle for the very first time. I had maybe 5 hours sleep in the previous three days. My had eaten my last meal as I walked to the next checkpoint and that was maybe 9 hours before. I was tired, hungry and armed.

I`ll try to make this my last Duncan post. But I`m sure that over the next few months, there will be many comments as I learn to cope with the silence of this house. The complete and total silence.

Crisis averted and Ben is coming home as planned. But it still feels impossible to relax and get excited for him to return because somehow, it doesn't quite feel real.

I was sent for a barrage of tests on Friday and I spent the day scared and alone. But Monday, I started my new job at the publishing house, and for a moment, it felt like a new lease on life.

On Tuesday, I served as the keynote speaker for the Kingston Military Family Resource Centre's annual meeting. They provide services and support to military families, with a specific focus on the families of deployed soldiers.