“It’s easy after the first few months” is what they’ll tell you

But they lied to your face about what to expect.

You’ll be alone, with a toddler, trying to find peace while your sanity is going other places.

And you’ll be lost the entire time it’s happening

“It’s just a deployment, you’ve been without him before, you can do it now!”

That’s true, but now is different than then. -PJ