'Tis the season, for deployments and redeployments, that is. Redeployments are soldiers returning home. Lots of soldiers have left in the past few weeks for the Middle East. I see the families missing a parent at church each week. We had a few receive First Holy Communion early so their dads could be there. It was wonderful but a bit sad knowing the fathers would soon be in harm's way.
On the flip side, soldiers are returning home. One dad came home without the kids knowing and was just there the next morning. Can you imagine that household that morning? I get teary-eyed just thinking about it. The best story I've heard, though, is about the soldier with tears rolling down his face as he held his baby for the first time.
Please pray for the soldiers and their families of the newly deployed. And, also for the soldiers who came home–that they may have smooth reintegration into their families' lives.
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