after browsing through the messages posted on here and i realize that my problem is small compared to most. but to me and my wife it hurts. any advice or encouragement would help relieve the stress that we are sharing. We are both military and i am on the west coast and she is on the east. we got married after we had our orders and they tell us that it will be a year or two before we can be stationed together. and even then, we will risk the chance of missing each other because of deployments. i don't know of any newlyweds that spend thier honeymoon packing there bags to leave each other. this is the first time either of us have been married and i don't think we ever pictured our marriage to start this way. we are both scared and anxious to be back with one another, but it would be lifting a weight from our shoulders to know that we're not alone in this situation. and maybe your prayers will help us be together sooner. many thanks, jakub and linds

You can remain close even though apart. It is hard. My H and were apart for nearly a year after we decided to reconcile, although we had 25 years together before. E-mail, etc. makes constant communication so much easier. Do make use of every moment of leave time you guys have to be together. Good luck. YOU CAN MAKE IT!!

Jesus, please protect their marriage and the marriages of all of the servicemen and women. Being apart is terribly hard on a marriage. Let them each draw closer to You in this trial and give them abundant blessings to allow their love to grow further each day.