The homecoming was not without adventure...it took a trip around the world to bring MiB back to us in OK. He left the "sandbox" and traversed via plane through Diego Garcia, Japan, Alaska, then desparate to come home jumped in a car with three others who drove straight through from Chicago.
This was BEFORE cell phones and the not knowing was killer, all we knew is that he had left the desert. Then he was here, then there, then here, with no idea how long at each stop. You just have to love mil-air...cause it's all ya got for this type deal! Finally on US soil, but in ALASKA for heaven's sake and still dependent on mil-air we were still clueless as to his arrival home. Then another flight into the lower 48 to Chicago. This is where it got a little sticky, once in Chicago, it was commercial air and on your own flights to OKC; guess what? they were all the NEXT day so a couple of the guys decided they would rent a car and take turns driving it on in to OKC rather then wait on flights.
And about 12 hours later we were reunited after a looong 7.5 months; he left home a newly pregnant wife, but returned home to a new mother, with a most beautiful baby girl to introduce to a very excited father! It was so emotional, so exciting, so memorable, definitely a day that is etched on my heart forever. His first words were, "she's so little" and she was.
More on the birth of our one and only LilBlue in the days ahead!
Oh, don't forget to play along with Candid Carrie and the gang for Friday Foto Fiesta! It's fun and best of all completely FREE :)
5 comments:
Awwww ...what a wonderful memory..
The look on his face is just so special....priceless..
What a great story!
Hey, very funny. I am free. That is so much better than being cheap, isn't it?
The story is adorable and he looks fantastic!
Thanks for participating (again and again and again).
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Carrie
You got me crying with this post! So many families are apart for occasions like these. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful moment with us. We're blessed to have people like him who serve. Thank you for your continued service and sacrifices. I'm so glad we met while our men served together in Italy.
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