It had been almost 10 months since my husband had laid eyes on not only me but our son. He deployed when our little boy was just 5 days old. My son and I made the 2.5 hour drive to the base to pick daddy up the day before they got in. See he's in the national guard so we don't live on or near the base they were being brought to. We got up at 0530 to get ready and when the buses pulled in my husband spotted us right away. I stood in the crowd until right before they got to us when our FRO came over to me and pulled me aside and to the front. When I turned there he was rushing towards us. I'll never forget the tears and happiness of being in his arms and seeing our little boy with his daddy for the first time in almost 10 months. As soon as daddy said "hey buddy" it was over he was daddy's little sidekick!

Cara W.
Knoxville, TN