THE TIME HAS COME!!!

Finally the announcement we had all been waiting for. I can only equate the cheering to a rock concert and the big act has just taken stage. There were tears, chanting, yelling, and cheering as the curtains opened and our heroes walked in. They marched in, in formation, and the crowd went nuts!! Dayden was none to pleased with the noise. I immediately found David as he was standing out in front of the Marines. The funny thing is, all I could see was the back of his head. From the bottom of his cover to the top of his collar. I knew immediately it was my Marine. He made an about face, and while waiting for dismissal, our eyes locked and that was all she wrote.

I cannot begin to describe the feeling one has when the love of your life returns from war. You spend day after day praying for their safe return. You push away the most unthinkable thoughts and you dream/daydream of the moment you are reunited and you can finally take a long, deep breathe.

Dayden Michaela was immediately in love with her daddy all over again. She hugged him so big. It was as if he was never away. He has missed 1/2 of her life, and yet you would have never known it by the way she embraced him. We feared she may not be too receptive. But, being the lil angel she is, she checked him out like a momma monkey grooming her young. She checked his hair, made sure he had both ears, grabbed his face with both hands and gave him the most loving looks you can imagine a daughter has for her father. She didn't let him go. Daddy was finally home...

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