Because I remember when my son came back home from Iraq after a year, there were all these ceremonies.

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Perhaps the message could have been driven home that when I came back I wouldn't be different, and wouldn't need to be treated differently.

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As I look back on my own experiences, there were nights when I came home from work long after the children were in bed and I was too tired for even a bowl of soup.

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When all three of them were at the clinic together, I turned to head back home, but Veata came out onto the deck and grabbed my elbow with her bony, birdlike fingers.

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