Last entry from Iraq

I have been lookin back at all of my blogs that i have put on here and i can not believe that it has been a year. Like i have said before, it has but it hasnt seemed like a year. A lot has happened through out the year and so very much has changed. Most things has changed for the better, a lot of us younger soldiers have grown up, and i think all of us, family included, have all grown in a different direction from this deployment. Some relationships have failed while others have only grown stronger. God blessed my life and i have stronger bonds with those who went through this deployment with me. I just wanna say again thanks to yall for being with me, mom and dad, thanks for believing in me and praying every day for me. I know three years ago yall thought this wasnt the right decision that i made, but i dont hold that against ya, just your protective instincts. But, God has made me a better man and in turn brought our whole family closer together. He does work in crazy ways. Thanks to my brothers for believing in me and helping me out when the time was needed.
Erika, what can i say, one thing i do know is that God has a plan for us and we are following it. Through out this whole thing i have learned a few things. There is no way in hell that i would want to trade places with you. I would rather be deployed to a combat zone than do what you do every day without me. For you who are reading this imagine what life would be like if your other half wasnt around every day for a year but you kept living your life everyday doing the same thing, going home everyday, waking up in your bed, but you dont have your husband or wife there. just think what you would be feeling. i know most of us have been apart for a few weeks, but not a whole year. Erika, you are the strongest, the most courageous person i know. I love you with all of my heart and then some. Just a few more weeks and you can finally let down the strong front you have been putting on and we can finally go back to being us, together again.
Thanks again to everyone who has been with me and thanks to God for blessing me, keepin us all safe, and for the friends and family that i have.
From Iraq, this is my final blog, I love you all and so damn glad to be seein yall soon
justin