There's no beauty in the breakdown:Slow stop

I can hear it in his voice and feel it like a fog over the conversation.  He's not ready and the slow procession of days leading up to the date are crushing him. Deployment, it's creeping up on him. Ground hogs day for months at a time. He talks about wanting to make plans and be with us, but he knows that at this point there is nothing to d, but wait. Waiting is not easy for him. I want to help, but nothing I say cuts through the fog. I have already said my peace with deployment. I don't know how to fix it with him. I just ask God to help him through it.