I did not realize, until a few weeks after a deployment, why I never washed that one load of clothes.
I was a cleaning fanantic and washed all of Don’s cammies and tees immediately, without thinking. Thank God he wasn’t as fanatical.....I found one of his uniforms, Charlies I think, hanging up in the garage from an inspection. It still had the tee shirt he wore that day as well. And it smelled just like him. I have it in a plastic bag in his “cabinet”....
I received his “gear” from Kuwait too. The things they stored away as the war started. His shower shoes, the book he was reading, his PT gear, etc. I remember how I opened the box and tried to smell his PT gear and ended up with sand in my mouth.
I still have all of Don’s cammies neatly folded and all of his uniforms hanging in the closet.