[originally appeared on RoadWidows.com]
For the last 12 days, my husband has been on tour out of the country, so I’m pretty deep into missing him. Plus, our anniversary is coming up in a few weeks, so I’ve been thinking a lot about how much my life has changed since I became a road widow. When you’re going to that family celebration without your plus-one… or eating warmed up left-overs sitting on the couch alone… or trying to figure out what you can watch on Netflix that your spouse and you don’t watch together… the bright side of being a road widow can seem like a dot on the horizon. It is NOT easy being miles apart from your partner and best friend, no matter how you slice it. The distance is difficult, but it is also sort of obvious. That’s usually what people ask me about when they find out my husband tours: how I deal with him being gone for so long. And it is true that there are downsides to the distance, but lately I’ve been feeling especially lucky…