It's a sign of things to come

To the untrained eye, the black box - pictured above - seems ordinary and harmless. But for us(or any other Army family), the emotions this, seemingly harmless, black storage box envokes are strong and lasting. Its emergence means only one thing...a deployment is forthcoming. We've known that another deployment to Iraq was a likely possibility(I'm so grateful it's not Afghanistan)but the appearance of this black box turns the likely possibility into a painful reality.