Missing my superhero, best friend and better half

Crystal Ogo and her husband Private First Class Kevin Ogo and their son Noah.

"I just want to salute my soldier for the courage and dedication he has shown to his country and to his family. I don't think people understand the difficulties that military families face when a loved one is sent to fight in a war. Its really scary and stressful not only for the soldier but the family left behind.

Kevin and I have been married for a year and due to the Army life and trainings have only lived together for 4 months out of that year, Kevin deployed when I was seven months pregnant ... he missed the birth of our son by a few hours (even though he was heading home on leave) because there were no available flights in to NY that day and no one was willing to give up their seat ... when he didn’t make it for the birth he was heartbroken, due to his deployment he has missed our 1 year anniversary, celebrating his 21st birthday and my birthday.

He will miss most of our son's first milestones and he will miss Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I am looking forward to bringing in the New Year because Kevin will finally be home in 2010 and my new year’s resolution is to celebrate everyday with my husband and our family.

My husband is an amazing man and is loved by everyone that knows him, because of how much he has sacrificed already ... it's not enough that he is risking his life everyday for our country he loves and values our family so much! It is only 132 days till I can hold my husband and see his face instead of talking to him through the computer screen.

I’m so excited for this deployment to finally be over and for our family to be whole again!"

- Crystal Ogo

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