All Comments on 'Soldier Homecoming'

As an Army wife this hit home in so many ways. The long waits, the sporadic calls, the longing. The phone rings and you wonder if it will be a call to rejoice in or you to dread. You live everyday one at a time and sigh in relief when you hear his voice. My husband is still alive but I have held the wives of others who are not and I have hugged those who have come home half the man they used to be sometimes physically and sometimes emotionally. Thank you for capturing so much in this story that very few will ever experience and hope even fewer will ever know.

This was a great story. i literally felt the tears blur my sight as I read this story. It really reaches into your heart and clenches it with it's fist...it truly is a well written and detailed piece of work. I believe that it is totally honest...a true look inside the minds of soldiers and their loved ones. I LOVED IT :)

My husband of 9 years is deployed to Iraq right now. I came to this site to try and get ideas because he wrote me a rather naughty letter I received yesterday. I wanted to return the favor but am not too sure of how to go about putting to paper what I dream of every night. This story was beautiful and sweet. I hated the ending, but loved it too. Does that make any sense?? Anyways, nice job.

Mariann

This was such a beautiful story! So real... It made me cry when she sees him in the living room. I also hated the end but sadly this is quite true also...

My husband is currently in Iraq and this story was sad but beautiful. Well done.

Please place a warning on the top of this story... my husband is gone in the army and this made me feel terrible at the end. Well written, but not what I was looking to feel right now. It's going to be a long day. :(

We, your readers want more of your stories. I am now over 70 yrs. young, old what ever TSgt Thomas Neumayr USAF Retired

Loved it and hated the ending! You brought a tear to my eye! As a retired member of the Air Force it hit close to home. Thank you for sharing your story with us!

The 101st Airborne is not a platoon. It is a division.

Love the story. Wonderful and well written. However as an Army wife myself the ending was really hard to read. I love the beginning extremely relatable but the ending had me bawling.

Story was great, until the end. That was crushing. I'm a Desert Storm career enlisted Veteran.

sad, touching, lovely. too bad so many lives destroyed by war

that is very hard.