Homecoming....

We all have times in our lives when there comes a 'homecoming'. Maybe it's a new baby coming into your family, or possibly it's a soldier coming home from a war. It could just possibly be a spouse coming home from a long business trip.

It really doesn't matter what they are 'coming home' from, it's a positively wonderful moment.

That moment when you walk in the door with that brand new baby. Your safe haven from the outside world where you know you'll be able to keep your little one safe from harm. You sit down in that newly purchased rocker holding that new bundle of joy and think that life cannot possibly get any better....but it does.

Then there is the moment when you see your son, daughter, sister, brother, mother, father, husband or wife walking into the armory after being away at war thousands of miles away dealing with all the dangers that we pray we will never have to face. That moment you see them the feeling is more than wonderful, more than exciting. That moment is a moment of peace and joy. Knowing they are "home, safe from harm" just as it was the first day they entered their home as a baby.

These two examples that I chose were for me the most joyous occasions. But, I have another wonderful homecoming. It's the one where your husband has to travel on business. It might be for a couple of days, it might be a week or three. He could be a few hundred miles away, or ten thousand miles. Either way, he's still not home. Your apart, missing important times of being together. Then, when he walks in the door, or you pick him up at the airport, you once again have that feeling of being able to walk through that door into the safety of your home.

Never take one moment for granted. Always make sure to tell your love ones how much they mean to you. Remember the important moments, the silly, the funny, the ones that make you smile and laugh and even the ones that might make you cry.

Homecoming.....what does it mean to you?