Valentine's Day 2010

 I knew this was going to be a difficult day. I last spoke to Ben on Thursday, February 11th and he told me it would be some time before we would be able to talk again which meant it was going to be very soon that they invaded Marjah. As I struggled through the next few hours after the phone call, I just prayed and asked God to keep a hand of protection on him and I found the strength to push on. As I came home from work on Friday afternoon I was surprised by a knock on the door. I opened it to a lady with a dozen long stem red roses from Ben. It made my week!! I spent the rest of the weekend with my "little" Valentines and it was good to spend some quality time at home with them. I cant wait until next year when my Valentine is here with me :)

My roses from Ben :)

My little Valentines getting ready to open their gifts.

Maddyson, Savannah and Kadence