It's hard to say goodbye

In our ten years of marraige I have found out that even though I'm in the Army, Carol is the tough one. Whenever I leave for an Army school, an exercise or even this deployment I am the one leaving in tears...Hey isn't it supposed to be the other way around? Carol is always calm and collected and manages to keep it all together and I'm just a big softie. I guess I'm just a sensitive guy that can't help but share in the grief of his children. Boy it was hard to get on the plane after R&R leave knowing I'll be gone another 9 months.