The Best Day

After almost 9 months, we got to bring D home on July 6th at 1:20am. Even in the middle of the night, an Army band played patriotic music as families filled the stands of the parade field, waiting to get their loved ones back. Having never experienced a deployment, I had also never had the pleasure of attended a homecoming. It is like nothing else...just full of emotion and extremely moving. After an eternity (not really), white buses pulled alongside the field and the crowd began to cheer as a sea of green uniforms made their way into formation. Although there is a short ceremony, everyone is desperately scanning the group to find their special someone and as soon as they are released you can rush onto the field and into the arms of the person you are waiting for. In our case, I balanced two babies and D was able to find me before we even made it only the field! After months of worrying, Grace went right into his arms and in the most emotional moment of the night, he got to meet Charlie in person for the first time.  

 

 

Many friends described the feeling of a homecoming to me...some dealt with deployments while pregnant or completely solo. No matter what you go through in the months leading up to that day, whether your time apart was "easy" or difficult, being reunited with someone you love is like nothing I can compare. Wedding day, births of children...it ranks up there- and in some cases, is even better.

xo,
H