Away In The Land Of The Rising Sun

It will be a week this Saturday when my husband left for a 2-month business trip. I can still feel how sad we were when we exchanged our poignant goodbyes. Two weeks before his scheduled trip, I was the one who always cry because of sadness since he'll be leaving me and our baby very soon. He told me not to weep since the trip will be for our good financially and he's already ashamed to decline the project offer for the fifth time. But it really broke my heart when I saw him cry the dawn we see him off. We promised each other not to cry on the departure date. He broke it, I consoled him instead.

I'm unhappy knowing that this is our first child and he can't be with her during her first months. Not to mention that I am still recovering from a surgical delivery and I need him badly beside me. But life has to move on for us. I'm just very grateful that I'm very well taken cared of by my in-laws. All the support and care that I can never imagine. For now I have to be contented with the nightly chat with my hubby. I wish I could be there with him, to cook his food, prepare his clothes and simply take care of him.

Four years in relationship and months of marriage, we still hate being away from each other. He had numerous business trips before and every separation is painful. And like his every homecoming, I'm now counting the days of that blissful moment.