June 23, 2011. That was the day last year when I saw my son off for his second deployment. It wasn’t any easier the second time than it was the first. Today is Independence Day in the U.S.A. and I couldn’t help but recall what I was doing last year and in […]
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He's Coming Home
0 commentsYesterday, I received a call from my soldier son. “Mom, I’m in Kuwait. I’ll be home tomorrow.” Hearing those words made my heart sing. At the same time, I started weeping and couldn’t stop for 3 hours. I wept for joy. I wept out of relief. I wept for those […]