Military Members what are some things your spouse did that made your deployment easier?

letters to and from, webcam, we also used yahoo instant messenger cuz you can call the computer and it doesn't cost anything. lots of pictures/packages back and forth. phone calls when possible. Also i tried to never complain about all the crap going on at home and he never told me about the missions he had to do so i wouldn't worry.

What made it harder was when one of us had a bad day and took it out on each other. Then we both felt bad afterwards for fighting and wasting the time that we could of had to talk.

Lots of letters both ways (to and from). Lots of pictures. Lots of praise. If the spouse must send something corny then just make it small (in size).

told me that it was my job / what will i do if you DON't come back .That last one was the hardest !!! I was on my way to Nam and THAT was what I was thinking but not saying !

Mine started divorce proceedings against me...

She didn't complain when I came home with an STD, and when I was gone for 8 months, when I came back and she was 3 months pregnant, I didn't complain.