
More than a week after our wedding, my husband had to fly back to Korea for the obvious reasons... First, he has to look for a new job since he resigned from his job before coming to the Philippines for a vacation. Second, he has to be there during this gruelling processing of papers of intermarried couples...
When he told me the news of his return which was sooner than I expected, he actually cried. I did not cry with him, instead I comforted him and just kept on looking at him as he cried and massaged his back for comfort... but, the nights and mornings that came were my turns to cry... At night or during the morning when we are just looking at one another, or simply lying, I'd eventually cry whenever I see his eyes were on me...
During his departure date, we agreed that no one will cry... In the airport, when he was about to check in, I was actually expecting he'd embrace and kiss me... Instead, he looked at me, bowed to me, and kissed my hand and said "bye bye" like a kid... Even the security guard at the airport's gate said "Wow" as he witnessed how my husband lovingly and respectfully said his "bye bye" to me... He asked me to wait till 1:30 pm, his flight was 2:10pm.. at past 1o'clock, he called me up saying they did not allow him to go out anymore and that I then can go back to my office... I thought I was strong because I did not cry... However, my mom called me up and asked "" How are you doing, child? How do you feel? It's okay, 2 months will pass by swiftly"" ....and so I cried... hehehehe....
This temporary separation has been hard.. I couldn't go to sleep without crying... It's almost 3 weeks now since he left and still, I still cry myself to sleep... I lived here alone for so long and I never imagined I'd be doing so again for the next couple of months.. He calls me everynight, even when I say a text message will do... He asked me to give away his T-shirts but I kept them and used them instead as my sleeping shirts, hehehe.... He worries about a lot of things, being far away, he said he can no longer guard or watch me.. I've become so forgetfull... that in the mornings, he'd prepare my things for me... see, only a week after he left, I lost my eyeglasses...

This separation is also important to us... It is indeed a great test... To move on and to be able to smile everyday, I just think about our happy moments together.. When he first held my hand, when we first had a date, when he first embraced me.... These are also important to him... He often talked about it when we ran out of things to talk about...
In my mind and in my heart, I always kiss him and hug him and asks myself if he feels it... I know he does...