Hard times around here

I am asking for people's prayers for the families around here. There is a big deployment that is taking place here. Some are already gone and some about to leave real soon. Dan and I was looking at our neighborhood is already decorated in Christmas because love ones will not be here for Christmas so there are celebrating Christmas now. I do know what it is like to not have my husband home for Christmas and it is very hard. You have to put on a smile to make your child happy but the truth is, you don't want to put up a tree. It was very hard to be around Dan's family without him, or even around our friends that we go to together. Nothing feels the same no mater how hard you try. You have memories what you do together for Christmas and people you are around. I look at the women and you can see the pain in there eyes and there is nothing you can say or do to help them feel better during the season. Boy, I would give anything to have those deployments when Dan was gone for only four or six months. The Army use to be like that, but not anymore. I do have to say, when Dan was in the Air Force, they do treat and help families alot. So, again, please pray for the families that are facing the Holidays alone. Some are going to the states for Christmas and some can not afford it and has to stay. I have been informed that deployments are very hard when you are doing them in another country, it is not the same like the states. I know I will be facing one here in Germany and ask God to get me ready for the challenges I will face.