Coming Home

[Terri]

Coming Home

Greg Moore
Wall Street Journal

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y.--There are no longer generators running, or armored vehicles rumbling, or mortars exploding, and the roar of the silence is deafening to me. What I hear at night now is the gentle breaths released from the perfect lips of my sons. The same lips that I cannot kiss enough. The lips that make my eyes fill with tears every time they touch my cheeks.

My release from Fort Drum came earlier than expected, so when I pulled into my driveway at noon the house was empty. I dropped my bags inside and walked alone through the rooms, soaking in the images and smells that had been only a memory during ten months in Iraq.

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You'll need a tissue but you won't soon forget this article.

[papajaxxx]

Terri:
Thanks for the post; it's a very touching story.

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Seeing war, opens your eyes to the simple things of life, and gives you a greater understanding of what is important in life.

However, we soon forget, and history repeats itself.

[CleosMom]

Terri - Thank you for this. It's always good to be reminded that are soldiers are real people, not just a concept.