Stephanie Mast

me setting the structure that was a learning process for me and then also just juggling bouncing back back and forth between eighth grade science and then kindergarten reading and phonics like that can bend your it can be a little bit challenging switching back and forth in between different grades and modes of time and answering questions but um i'm i'm getting the hang of it

Eight-grade math is his.

Eight-grade math is his.

Eight-grade math is his.

Well, and the nature of your work that you don't have your devices.

Well, and the nature of your work that you don't have your devices.

Well, and the nature of your work that you don't have your devices.

Yeah, so it was fall of 2019. We knew that the deployment was coming up. It was going to be short, but still just, you know, with kids and family life, we were anticipating trying to gear up for it. And then it happened earlier than anticipated. So I was in my final semester of grad school working on my thesis project, and you found out that you were going to go.

Yeah, so it was fall of 2019. We knew that the deployment was coming up. It was going to be short, but still just, you know, with kids and family life, we were anticipating trying to gear up for it. And then it happened earlier than anticipated. So I was in my final semester of grad school working on my thesis project, and you found out that you were going to go.

Yeah, so it was fall of 2019. We knew that the deployment was coming up. It was going to be short, but still just, you know, with kids and family life, we were anticipating trying to gear up for it. And then it happened earlier than anticipated. So I was in my final semester of grad school working on my thesis project, and you found out that you were going to go.

So personally, like on the personal side, it was not the best timing in the world. So I felt like I was scrambling, trying to get ready to, you know— hold down the fort with three young children and be ready for you to go. So that was an intense time.

So personally, like on the personal side, it was not the best timing in the world. So I felt like I was scrambling, trying to get ready to, you know— hold down the fort with three young children and be ready for you to go. So that was an intense time.

So personally, like on the personal side, it was not the best timing in the world. So I felt like I was scrambling, trying to get ready to, you know— hold down the fort with three young children and be ready for you to go. So that was an intense time.

They said about 45 days old.

They said about 45 days old.

They said about 45 days old.

Yeah, so he calls me, and it was the afternoon, my time, and that was not a normal time for him to call. And so immediately, just, you know, your mind is racing. Why is he calling me in the middle of the day? Something happened. And so I picked up the phone urgently, like, you know, are you okay? Everything good?

Yeah, so he calls me, and it was the afternoon, my time, and that was not a normal time for him to call. And so immediately, just, you know, your mind is racing. Why is he calling me in the middle of the day? Something happened. And so I picked up the phone urgently, like, you know, are you okay? Everything good?

Yeah, so he calls me, and it was the afternoon, my time, and that was not a normal time for him to call. And so immediately, just, you know, your mind is racing. Why is he calling me in the middle of the day? Something happened. And so I picked up the phone urgently, like, you know, are you okay? Everything good?

And I'll never forget the first thing he said was, he's like, honey, he's like, there's this baby. And I remember I was in the kitchen, I just stopped. And I was like, and I could tell by his tone that something, this was significant, there was something. So he proceeded to tell me that there was a baby recovered off an objective, you know, parents were killed.