I knew the kids would find comfort in hearing him read them a bedtime story even though he isn't here.
A few days before he left I watched him read this book, record his voice and make this book for our kids.
January 2012
One night I found Katie snuggled in our bed and listening to her Daddy read her a bedtime story.
March 5, 2012
This is her favorite page.
She told me she loves how he says, "I love you, you, you".
She sometimes will flip the page back and forth so that he reads this page over and over.
Katie is really the only one who opens this book.
Natalie deals with the deployment by not thinking about it, avoiding the thought of her Daddy being gone at all costs.
Katie opens the book and listens to her Daddy telling her a bedtime story in our bedroom.
It makes Natalie break down whenever she hears her Daddy's voice.
It has been a comfort for Katie.
She will have him read her the bedtime story again and again and again.
The first time I gave it to her was the night he left.
We had said goodbye at the airport earlier that day.
That night we all went to bed.
I was crying in his pillow and I heard a knock at my door.
It was Katie. She was missing him.
She climbed up in bed with me and I surprised her with the book.
She loved it.
We listened to him read it to us over and over that night.
It just feels so good to hear his voice sometimes.
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