My mind certainly wasn't totally concentrating on giving my one-year-old daughter her bath. Actually, she was 1 year and two months old. In all of her short life she had spent very little time with her Daddy. Maybe I should start closer to the beginning.
My husband and I were young when we started our married life together. I was pregnant with our beautiful little girl. We have been best friends all our life, so it was always our plan to get married and start a family. We just got an earlier start than we expected.
We had only been married a few months when our life got interrupted by that dreaded letter from "our friends and neighbors" informing him he had been inducted into the army. That was just over two years ago. The first year in the army was spent in training. Of course the second year was in Vietnam.
Our daughter was 3 months old when he left for Vietnam. That was not quite a year ago and my husband's tour in Vietnam was nearly over.
I was anxiously waiting on a call from my husband telling me he was back on American soil. The day was December 22, 1970. He was supposed to be out of the army and headed to me on December 23. I think you can understand why I was distracted from my daughter. The bath time was over and I got her to bed.
I had lain awake in bed many nights of the last year praying he was ok and dreaming and planning for the day he was back home.
I was awake way before I needed to be. I showered, making sure I shaved my legs and pits. I took special care trimming my red pubic hair. I applied the Taboo bath powder that my husband loves and did my makeup. I got the new lingerie I had purchased especially for this occasion.
A baby blue lacy bra and matching French cut panties. The bra fastened in the front. I smiled thinking it would be easier for him to get it off! After dressing I stood in front of the full-length mirror wondering if the 5'5" 110 pound, 34 24 36, blue eyed, fair skinned, redhead would still excite my husband. My pink nipples seemed exceptionally excited.
I sat on the floor and painted my toes to match my finger nails. I couldn't help but notice there was a damp spot on my new panties right over my slit. I let my fingers feel the wetness, sending a near electrical shock through sexually tense my body.
My daughter was waking as I finished my nails and I hurried to get her breakfast and dress her. Of course she managed to get her sweet but messy fingers on my right breast leaving a spot of cereal right over my nipple. Her hand wasn't the one that touched me there in my many dreams!
I took the new dress I had purchased off the hanger and slipped it on. The dress was blue with white dots. It was a wrap dress and hit me an inch or so above my knees. The shoes I chose were a white wedge with an open back.
I gave myself one last look in the mirror before loading my daughter in the car and dropping her to stay at a friend's, while I retrieved her daddy.
Two months earlier her and I had met my husband in Hawaii for his long over do R&R. I have to tell you that I was in awe of the guy who I met there. I married a young man who had been the man of my dreams nearly all my life. I watched a fit and strong farm boy get on an airplane and leave for Vietnam. He was 6 feet tall and all of a sexy 145#. The soldier I met in Hawaii was twenty pounds of muscle heavier.
It was wonderful that her Daddy got to see her and it was amazing she seemed to know she belonged to him. It did however complicate making love more than a little. I had 10 months of missed sex to catch up on and naturally she didn't sleep. Her daddy was all mine first today; she could have him when I was finished with him!
It was a three hour drive and I was so worried I would be late. I did make it way before his plane was to arrive. I found a seat that seemed more isolated from the rest. I could look out and watch the planes landing. The wait seemed endless and was about to get even longer.
Just as it was time for his plane to arrive there was an announcement. The flight would be delayed. That brought tears to my eyes as I mumbled to myself," oh come on, Give us a break already!"
I settled back into the waiting game. It had been a long day and I got very little sleep the night before. I found myself drifting off to sleep. Have you ever fallen asleep in an airport? Trust me the chairs were not meant to be a bed!