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- My husband is a 47 Chinook mechanic.

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(upbeat music)

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(aircraft engine whirring)

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I really think that if we can pull through

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this this long time apart.

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I think it'll make us stronger.

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(upbeat music)

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We both understand each other's jobs.

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I know what he has to do,
and he knows what I do.

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So we both understand
that level of stress,

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in different ways,

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but I think that this time apart,

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has been, it has been
the longest and it's,

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it's definitely trying times

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and we're just trying to
get through this together.

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So we're just hoping for that
opportunity to spend time

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and wish each other goodbye

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in a different way with
me leaving this time.

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(upbeat music)

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I haven't seen him since October.

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So it'll be a year in seven months

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until I actually get to see him

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if I don't see him crossing paths here.

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Though I would,

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we would both love the
opportunity to be with each other

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and get to spend some of that time

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because no day is promised.

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So whatever he does get
to come through here,

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there's, there's no
past from what I'm told,

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so I won't be able to see him on path,

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and with the COVID I'm sure

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he's gonna be told the same thing.

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And if that's the case,

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it's gonna be a really long year

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another year with more holidays
not being able to see him.

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(upbeat music)

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So when my husband got on the bus,

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and he went to leave,
everybody was crying.

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All the families looking
around, everybody was crying.

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My mom was crying, I was crying.

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But I turned to my mom and I
said, this is the worst part.

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Everybody here gets to come home

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and welcome their soldiers off this bus

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and I won't, I won't be here.

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So I told my mom that she
has to take care of him

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when he gets off the bus

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and I said the same
thing to his mom and dad

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just to take care of him
because I can't be here.

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So ...