365 Deployment Days: A Wife's Survival Story follows a military wife's experiences during her husband's deployment to Iraq. Filled with laughter, tears, and everything in between, 365 Deployment Days explores the wide-ranging emotions brought on by a loved one's deployment. Through self-exploration Sara Dawalt learns the skills necessary to cope and make sense of her life during a period of turmoil. She reaches a turning point and gains a new understanding of herself, life, and how to survive deployment. Her quest for happiness during what could have been her darkest year will touch your life. Dawalt shows you how each day apart from a loved one at war can be a meaningful experience.

Author Sara Dawalt is a military spouse who, like thousands of other loved ones, knows the pain of enduring deployment. Her husband, Brandon, has deployed with Fort Hood's 1st Cavalry Division to Iraq twice. She is a pre-Kindergarten teacher who lives in Killeen, Texas.

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