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Welcome home!
To return home after a long absence is framed by two words. Memories of my parents opening a door and stepping out onto their porch remain strong long after those many trips back home have ended.
To return home after a long absence is framed by two words. Memories of my parents opening a door and stepping out onto their porch remain strong long after those many trips back home have ended.
Welcome home!
When a carrier docks at port, Marines who been on tour for six, nine, or more months race down the ramp to families holding a sign that reads "Welcome Home, Daddy/Brother/Son!" Hugs and tears mingle with confusion when Daddy picks up his little girl who was only three months when he left.
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Welcome home! You are loved and we missed you.
Welcome home! We lived for every phone call and letter.
Welcome home! Photographs of you and yours lay on almost every flat surface. Photos are smudged with fingerprints and clear of dust.
Welcome home, followed by Come back! One happens but the other may not.
Live for the days of "Welcome home!" and rejoice.
Depending on how long I've been away, Welcome Home definitely ranks way up there on my list of sweetest phrases in the English language. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in Ireland, going home was a rarity. When I did fly home to visit, Welcome Home had greater meaning.
DeleteWelcome home is sure a great phrase to hear when away for a while
ReplyDeleteBeing at an airport, welcome home is heard at every gate.
DeleteMy parents live in a different house, but it still feels like a welcome home when I visit.
ReplyDeleteMy parents had lived on a farm until Dad retired and they moved. Told my mom that wherever they were was home.
DeleteThe word "home" has such a lovely sound to it. I wish I had appreciated it more when my late dad would ask, "When are you coming home?"
ReplyDeleteI still get a little misty when I think of that word too.
DeleteDrat you. My eyes are sweating...
ReplyDeleteEven now, after my mother died in 2011, I still refer to her town as my own home town.
DeleteBeautiful words and so true.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think my eyes are sweating a little too ;)
Cheers!
Jen
Jen Chandler was Here
Tear sweat is always good.
DeleteWelcome words, indeed. :)
ReplyDeleteSo very welcome.
DeleteSuch a great time.
ReplyDeleteStill feel my parents' hugs.
DeleteThose words are always precious and evoke so many emotions.
ReplyDeleteSo very true.
DeleteHa, I always step out on my porch when the kids arrive too. :) I saw a 'Welcome Home Marine' sign that choked me up the other day. I remember THAT feeling well, when my Army boy came home, even though he was coming home to his wife and daughter, not mama's house anymore. Still the same happy, grateful, relieved emotions. :)
ReplyDeleteYour house will always be called "home" to him.
DeleteWonderful words.
ReplyDeleteI remember a lovely Welcome Home several years ago, when my plane was expected to land after dark and I was planning to get a taxi home, it was a nice surprise to see my daughter and son in law waiting at the airport to take me home safely. The only time it's ever happened as I usually manage to get home from anywhere in the daylight hours.
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