There are links to most of the stories of the past six weeks at this addy. It's all been in just six weeks...strange.

We saw the phenomenon Jeri speaks of when we lived near Groton and the Sub base. So many women were left for six months, ran the household, made all major decisions, held jobs, sometimes had lovers, disciplined the kids, etc. everything a single parent would do, then all of a sudden, the other parent came home and wanted to take over. If the marriage wasn't strong on communication, etc. it often didn't survive, but I don't remember hearing about murders in all the time we were there.

My neice just spent a year alone with her son, at my sister's, while her Air Force husband was in Korea. It's the second time they've had a long time apart becasue of teh military. They seem to have things worked out well. It helps that he was able to come home, once in that year, for a month and that their son adores him, but also listens well to his mother.