Last night I came home with the kids as I do every evening... carrying my bags, kids backpacks and what have you. As we turned on the lights one of my girls pointed at the blinking light on the answering machine and said: "Mommy, there is a message on the machine".

I navigated my way to the answering machine and here is the message:
"We have information about the return of your Soldier. Please, call .... to get the flight information... "
I didn't hear the rest of the message as the kids started jumping up and down screaming to the top of their lungs "Daddy's coming home! Daddy's coming home!"

For those of you that never had to part with your loved one for months and years, you don't know what that means, but for those of you that come from military families and been through this... you know the feeling... YOUR SOLDIER is coming HOME! - The best words I've heard in the last 15 months!

Tomorrow night I'll be staring at the night sky, counting minutes till the flight carrying my husband lands on Ft. Campbell's airfield. And there will be hundreds of mothers, fathers, wives, children, and friends doing the same, looking forward to their loved one's return! May God bless all our men and women in uniform and their families!
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