Anzac Day

I think by now most of you would have worked out that Tim is a serving member in the Australian Army. He has been deployed overseas twice and I am blessed to have had him return safely home on both occasions. He did have close calls on both of his deployments - the first saw a group of them shot at on the boarder and the second saw him struck by lightning. We have also been blessed that he has not been deployed since the birth of Amelia - although I am sensing that this will soon change.

This year was only the second year (in about 20) that I did not attend the dawn service (the first being in 2005 when Darwin was on lock down due to a cyclone warning)

I will leave you with a poem that I was given by a friend during one of Tim's deployments

Military Wives Prayer

Dear Lord,
Give me the greatness of heart to see the difference between duty and his love for me.
Give me understanding that I may know, When duty calls him, he must go.
Give me a task to do each day, to fill in the time when he is away.
And Lord, when he is in a foreign land, keep him safe in your loving hand.
Lord, when he is in the field, please protect him and be his shield.
Lord, when deployment is so long Please stay with me and keep me strong.

Amen
(Author unknown)