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As many of you may know, my husband has been deployed to Afghanistan for the better part of this year.  He is coming home in a few short days and we are busy preparing and planning for his return.  I've only two more nights of being alone! 
I was searching through google for homecoming quotes for military deployments and I found one that really fits for my family "Other things may change us, but we start and end with Family"  I love it.  It really works well with this deployment.
Today we made signs for the airport, this deployment return is a bit different then others in the past, before we'd wait for the entire unit to return, greyhound buses full of them, hundreds of teary eyes and confused faces, standing, waiting.... but this time, he returned to California first and now is coming solo on a regular airplane. 
I also pulled out the banners from deployments past.  I'm used to marine unit homecomings, where fences outside the base are covered with banners, sheets, paper cups, with cute sayings and warm messages.  I don't see that around here, or any other base we've been but the marine based units.
So I'm going to banner my home, my garage, my front door with my creative energy.  Now if only I had a chain link fence to spell out Welcome Home! in red plastic cups, that would make for a perfect reunion....

Enjoy!