This post is for anyone who has ever found themselves in a solo parenting situation, especially a short term one due to deployment. I don’t pretend to know what it’s like to be a full-time single parent; you all are real-life superheroes. But I do know how it feels to have your spouse gone for months at a time, to have your relationship relegated to a voice on the phone and the occasional Facetime call, to watch your child miss their other parent and not understand why dad has to stay away for so long.

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