I know how you feel with a child being over there. My husband was in the mililtary for over 20 years. I never got use to him going to Vietnam. Then I had my son over there when they had desert storm. A couple of years ago my son-in-law was over there , I went out and stayed with my daughter so she could continue working. She has 3 small kids and I watched them while she was at work. I really mised my sewing machine while I was out there in Kansas City.