As I am getting ready for Homecoming 2009 I think back about Homecoming 2007. It was a 15 month deployment and it was 11 months between R&R; and Homecoming. This time seems so different since I just saw him in Aug. Anyway, the whole Homecoming thing is really really cool…once you get that phone call of where you need to be. All the waiting until then just plain old sucks. But it is worth it.
You get to the gym (or wherever you are suppose to be) and you wait. You wait. And you wait some more. And then it starts. The gym starts to fill with smoke. You hear music and then you see them as the brave soldiers march through the door. You try hard to spot your own man and when you do your heart just wants to burst. But you have to wait. They usually have a little 5 minute thing and then you hear those words you have been waiting for…”Soldiers, you are released” Or something like that.
Then everyone is running for their man and it is just wonderful. Hugs and kisses and relief. Oh I can’t wait. I really can’t wait to do it all over again 
That's such a wonderful feeling! I'm glad time is getting short for you.