Thursday, December 27, 2007

Holiday Seasons... Missing Dad

By: Patti

This time last year, my husband was deployed to Iraq. The holiday season is not only hard on a spouse when their husband is deployed - but the children feel it too.

Ways to help your children stay connected during the holiday season include:

  1. Writing cards or notes to dad
  2. Drawing pictures for dad
  3. Baking yummy snacks to send over to dad
  4. Taking lots of pictures, send those to dad - he will love the surprise and the children normally love taking goofy pictures :)
  5. Arts/Crafts to send dad
  6. Let your child participate in sending care packages
Tip: Remember, things you like doing with your spouse to communicate with him while he is away - children like doing also! :)

We are past Christmas, and heading into the New Year. Maybe now would be a good time for your child to start writing down things that he/she would like to do with dad when he comes home in 2008.

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