gonzo

hope,
Give yourself credit for choosing to feel.
They say "laughing and crying is really the same release".
thank you for sharing,
Cindy

BOOZER

They are all right. Just hang in there. Nothing else to do but that. Same with me right now. Love does not go away over night. Hopefully you two will get back together eventually.

I have a friend who says that everything happens for a reason. Well years ago I gave it to my boss and lost a very, very good job. She said it happened because God has a plan. Later, I met my Hope (her name is the same as your's) on a day when I would otherwise have been working. I thought then that was the plan. Still later my Hope and I had problems because of alcohol and split up. Trish, my friend still said there is a plan. The breakup led me to be so hurt at what we had done to eachother while drunk that I chose to quit drinking and here I am. Maybe that is the plan? I don't think anything else would have got me to stop.
So, after all the rambling on, there is a plan for you too. Maybe you will both get so lonely while he is gone that the moment he gets back you will jump into each others arms? Who knows? Think positive.
Good luck.