Welcome Home SGT. Rodriguez

(My husband is in the middle)
Welcome Home SGT Rodriguez. After a year of waiting the day had finally come, my husband is home from a LONG deployment. It's hard to describe the amount of happiness in my heart. I waited 2 hours in the hanger and as I waited my heart started to beat faster and my anxiety rose. The time had come to go outside and wait for the plane to land. I impatiently waited outside to watch him get off the plane. The door of the plane opened and our men made the long walk from the plane to the hanger. I watched as my husband walked by and i smiled from ear to ear. At first it felt unreal, is this really happening? Is he really home? I went back inside to take my seat and wait for those doors to open. When the hanger doors were finally pulled open and they marched in my heart swelled and emotions over came. The growing sound of their boots marching against the floor, each step bringing him closer to me. Waiting... I patiently waited for those words of release for family time. Each second ticked by painfully slow and just when I thought I would burst they were released, and I ran over to Jaime and wrapped my arms around him and held him tight. It was real. He felt real he was home and he was all mine. I cried! Out of happiness I cried. We stood there just hugging each other tight for a long moment. I didn't want to let him go now that I got him back. Watching him leave was hard like he took a piece of my heart with him. Watching him return was amazing and with him be brought back that piece of my heart he took with him. I felt whole again.

It's really over! No more crappy skype connection, no more phone calls to rely on for love and contact, no more sleeping in bed alone with stuffed animals, no more saddness, and we are no longer separated by 7411 miles.
I'm so proud of you hunny. For your hard work, dedication, and sacrifice. Most of all I'm happy you are home. I missed you so much. <3

This homecoming was extra special because some higher ranking officers were on this flight. So special they were that the news of this brought Robin Meade of CNN to Ft. Campbell to cover this ceremony. I believe that press should stay out of homecomings because they are for the family and the press have a tendency to get in the way of family members and spouses.


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