I have to admit ... my girl is just precious.  Yeah I’m biased but she has a wish that I know she thinks of alot.  Probably more than I realize.  She wants Jay to come home from the Army.  She misses him as much as I do.  She tells me sometimes when it’s bedtime that she wishes he were here, that she loves him and misses him.  The look on her face is enough to make me want to cry.  I tell her he’s at work like Daddy was at work.  But what worked for a 3 year old does not work now that she’s 7.  She doesn’t want to be a soldier like her mommy and Jay, or like her dad was, because she doesn’t want to go to war. 

I may not like the fact that my best friend is there (I’m being selfish for so many reasons) but he knew what he was getting into and I give him my full support.  I am very proud of him.  So is Kira but that doesn’t make her not wish he was here.  She misses getting wrestled with or tickled or flung around on the couch at the station.  I miss seeing them play together because sometimes Jay was just a little kid inside an adult body.

So, I too wish that Jay was here.  I miss him and even though the firehouse is full, it’s still kinda empty without him.  His presence is always larger than life and usually that was enough.  The times I miss him the most?  Everyday.  When I have something to tell him or I just want someone to cheer me up.

So, Kira’s wish for Jay is that he comes home from the Army.  My wish?  That he comes home safely in whatever manner he was intended to.