I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for our servicemembers who are on deployment for months at a time... I spend a full week working and living up in Greenwood, Indiana and when I come home on Friday nights, I am so very happy to be home. My home is a very modest one-bedroom apartment replete with a fat grey cat named Iris. And yet, after a week away, I couldn't be happier to be home again.
I am fortunate to be able to board with my uncle in Greenwood through the week. He and his wife have a beautiful home (which is for sale, by the way) in an exclusive neighborhood. My room has a big-screen TV and a lovely sitting area and desk space. It's like staying in a 5-star hotel (without the room service) and yet somehow I can't wait to get back home each Friday night.
Life is like that, I suppose. Even if it's a cardboard box under the overpass somewhere, if it contains your stuff and you call it "home," you can't wait to get back to it. Simple pleasures. On this Independence Day weekend, I hope that all of our troops will be able to get that simple pleasure again for themselves very soon.
I am fortunate to be able to board with my uncle in Greenwood through the week. He and his wife have a beautiful home (which is for sale, by the way) in an exclusive neighborhood. My room has a big-screen TV and a lovely sitting area and desk space. It's like staying in a 5-star hotel (without the room service) and yet somehow I can't wait to get back home each Friday night.
Life is like that, I suppose. Even if it's a cardboard box under the overpass somewhere, if it contains your stuff and you call it "home," you can't wait to get back to it. Simple pleasures. On this Independence Day weekend, I hope that all of our troops will be able to get that simple pleasure again for themselves very soon.
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