Italy or bust…

Bailee to Italy update! She was informed Friday that her military passport was in. Today ( Tuesday) she went to get it and prepare her paperwork for her military visa which will become part of her passport. I have to say the people who have been helping her at Fort Rucker have been super helpful and super kind. We are so thankful for that because we are learning this is not an easy process. The visa paperwork was going to be overnighted to the consulate in Miami so she should receive those documents back within the next 30 days. Once it arrives she will go back to Fort Rucker and they will assist her in booking her flight to Italy. My girl may be young, but she is so strong. It wasn’t easy being away from her love for 8 months and those 15 days he was home for leave…long enough for a wedding and Christmas…flew by. She’s had to say “see ya later” to him a whole lot in the last year and a half, but she’s still being so strong. She misses him greatly, but she’s faithful that God is working all things together for their good. Soon it will be us saying “see ya later” to her. I’ve been praying for the ability to be as strong as I’ve watched her be. Right now I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but I will. I’ve always wanted to take on any burdens my children have to bear so they don’t have to feel pain, sickness or hurt. This time I’m really going to take it on…I am going to send her to her happiness while I take on the feeling of truly missing her. I’m happy to do it because I know how happy she is going to be when she finally gets to begin her journey with her sweet husband. So, as she will soon be moving to her new home in another country, I will be savoring every moment we have her here with us. The last days she will live under our roof as she is starting the rest of her life and beginning her own family. Oh how sweet it is and tearing my heart apart at the same time. Nobody ever warned me about this part of motherhood…definitely not for the faint hearted.