Welcome home boys

  Yesturday, sitting in the Hyundai waiting room for 2 hours while getting our oil change and tires rotated, an older gentleman was in the room with us waiting for his car to get washed. When the service sales man came into the room to show us how dirty our filter was, I heard the older man smirk to himself as Zack sat back down next to him, and continued playing on his phone. The older man looked over at Zack and proceeded to say a comment which sounded like it was going to be on eof those "You know in my day...." converstaions *insert eye roll and awkward smiles*.  The man begun to tell us about when he was younger how he had "one of them pickup trucks" and said it was so funny that one day, he took it in to get it looked at and the repair guy said his filter was so bad that he had to take a vacuum to itand behind it just remove all the dust and junk that had built up. Zack and I just nodded and said the usual "oh really? wow!" Then somehow he started talking about WWI, WWII and Vietnam, like most of them do. After a long pause he says "From one veteran to another, Thank you.... I think that's why the older veterans are so focused on giving you all such a wonderful welcome home; Ya know?...they never got one...." That right there hit me!

 

  When we were in Alaska last month, we went to a movie called Honor Flight, its about sending hundreds WWII vets to DC on one flight, to see the memorial before they pass away. When they fly back to the airport, they walk into the terminal and see a few people with signs saying welcome home we thank you; As the walk further into the airport, they see more and more people all around. All these strangers begin hugging them, smiling at them, shaking their hands, until they walk into the middle of the airport where they are bombarded with smiles, tears of happiness, a loud band playing, confetti everywhere and their families; Its a real welcome home that they deserve. If any one wants to see an amazing movie, I would hands down recommend this movie by far! There wasn't one person in the hole theater with dry eyes! This is the Website telling you all about the organization.

 

 I decided to dedicate this blog post to all the men and women who came home from over seas; You all did a job well done!

 

 I know Zack got home over 2 months ago and this post is long over due but I think we had a great welcome home and I would like to share it with you.

My friend Kate and I did these one afternoon. I'm happy

 how they came out. My friend Denise and I put them up on my

garage with Justin Bieber duct tape lol



 

With window Chalk I wrote "Welcome home Sgt. Scribner.

I recommend using the window markers rather than chalk because

the chalk washes off with even the littlest rain (and it poured)

 

Welcome home event it was beautiful

 

The band was amazing and kept us busy because Lord knows

I was anxious as all heck :)

 

He's finally home! Excuse the hair... like I said, it POURED!

 

 

 

  My friend Denise came up a few days before they got home and she got to see her (soon to be) Husband come home from the same deployment. This was her first welcome home she ever went to so I came as support and as her "photographer"

 



This was the best experience that I've seen. I was so happy that

I was invited along to take pics.

  I believe that now a day we are truly blessed when our significant others deploy. Back in the day they had to write letter, yea I still ask for Zack to write me letters once in a while because its more personable, but I usually get them in like a weeks time frame; back then it would take longer. That's all you had to know your loved one was alive, a letter; No emails, phone calls, no pictures or even Facebook. I got worried when Zack took a few hours to respond to me, let alone if I had to wait weeks. I was just talking to Zack about that the other day, being a military spouse is hard, but I give props to anyone who had to do that without the technology.

One of my best friends greeting her husband in the Army coming home to HI

  Lets continue to help out or fellow military men and women; lets give them the best welcome home we can because not everyone gets one!

WELCOME HOME BOYS!

 

 

Love you all,

Thankful Thursday

I'm going to do something a little different. Every Thursday I want to do thankful Thursdays. I want to write every week of something I'm thankful for. There are so many blessing we come across every single day, and I just want to try and highlight atleast one every week.

This week its only right to Thank my dad!

My mom and father divorced when I was really young; when I was in 3rd grade she married a man named Robert, he was the best thing that could have happened to us; he is who I call dad. He gave us the life you could only find in fairy tales. My mom was a single mom when we were growing up so we only had what we needed, but then she found her knight in shiny armor. Without him, I wouldn't know what true love was, without him I wouldn't know how a man is suppose to treat a woman, without him we wouldn't know what happiness truly was. He made us all better version of ourselves; My dad was a blessing in disguise.

My dad took on vacations every year to Disney, allowed us to have the best Christmases anyone could ask for and the best thing if all... security. When I was 10 they blessed us with a little sister, now there was 4 of us kids and I wasn't the only girl anymore. That topped it all off for us, life couldn't be better.

Without having a positive male role model in my life I don't think I would have found someone even as remotely as amazing as my husband. My dad set a high standard for me and taught me by example to not settle and to be treated with nothing less than the best.

For all that and more. I am thankful for my dad

Another thing I am thankful for is my father. This last time Zack got deployed I got to live with my father in New Jersey, I had a great time. I lived there for 6 months and really got to know him; It was awesome to finally get to know him as an adult. We had a lot of good conversations and we really got to bond. I am thankful that I got to start building a relationship with my father and to connect the way we did.

Some people don't have a male role model in their lives and I thank God that I have two that love me very, very much! I am truly blessed!

Comment below of you have something this week to be thankful for!


Love you all,

This I believe

In class last year we had to write a essay called "This I believe"; We had to think of something we are so passionate about and write the essay explaining why we believe what we do. I wrote on Love and how people give up on it so easily on it:

It was 1917 when young men were drafted for WW1. Many young men left behind their mothers, fathers, siblings and wives to fight in the war. In the small town of Canandaigua, NY a mother kisses her son goodbye and lights a candle in places it in the window. Over 95 years later a candle still is in that window keeping her vow; the vow to keep a candle lit until your loved one returns. That brought on the tradition that families still use today, to show no matter how long it takes they will wait. It used to be commonplace to go months or even years without seeing your significant other. Today it seems that people break down and leave each other over something as medial as missing dinner three times a week. I believe, that if you want something you have to work for it, that if you love someone you have to fight for that love and that true love comes to those who wait.

            I met my husband in January of 2009, three months later he deployed to Afghanistan for a year where the only communication we had was a fifteen minute phone call once a month if we were lucky.  I knew that if I honestly loved and cared for him I had to be strong. Seeing my friends with their loved ones just a text away made things even harder, but I knew he was worth the wait. I also know that when you see them get off the plane after a long months of waiting is magical, and saying goodbye after a few months of spring love is heart wrenching, but the pay-off is well worth it.  I will take a few years of waiting, for a lifetime of happiness any day. Waiting is the hard part but as an old American proverb states, “absence makes thy heart grow fonder”.

            My husband has been on three deployments since we’ve been married and it never gets any easier; every deployment is just as hard as the one prior but being apart for so long allows us to treasure the moments we have with each other and build a stronger bond between us. We are not only building a stronger relationship but we are building trust and assurance in one another, knowing that no matter where life takes us we have a love that can withstand anything. Just like the house on the corner of Foot Hill and Main Street in Canandaigua, NY the candle in my window will never go out until my love one comes home safely. No matter what, I believe in waiting on the one I love and that true love comes to those who wait.

Sadly, The essay competition wasn't going on anymore by the time our essay were due so I couldn't enter it :( but I hope you liked it.

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Love you all,