You got Mail

        Preparing for deployment with a 7 year old I knew I had to come up with a way for Dylan to express himself, talk things through and leaving the communication door to his dad open. I made this "mailbox" out of a Christmas box and blue paint. I told Dylan "Whenever you want to write to dad, draw a picture, or if you want to send something to dad, you can put it in this "mailbox" and when I send out a box I will send what you put in here to daddy."

       I can't say he thought this was so cool, or he loved it. To be honest my husband thought it was a little silly and Dylan could careless. But THEN the day came where it wasn't so silly after all. The night of deployment I saw there was a letter in the box so I pulled it out and it was a letter from Dylan. I didn't even see him write it. It said "When you come home, I'm going to hug you and kiss you, love you miss you."  As the days go by the "mailbox" gets full. Some times I know he is going to put a drawing, or a letter in there and there are days I look and see a hand full of new letters. I told my husband about the mailbox getting alot of attention and it made him happy that Dylan thought of him and continues to think of him while hes away. Whose silly now?