30 November 2004

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Home

Is where the heart is. Home is also for what a soldier longs. Home is what we fight for, worry about, dream of, and anticipate returning to. Though often serving in far off lands in defense of the home, the soldier finds comfort in the knowledge that their family, friends, and loved ones are all home safe. Home is that porch light that stays on all night serving as a beacon in a storm. I’m home. More to follow. Sgt Hook out.

Posted by Hook @ 1939 zulu | | Permalink
This post is filed under: La Vita Dolce


The Laughing Wolf linked with Around The Sphere
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29 Comments »

  1. :)

    Comment by Val Prieto — 30 November 2004 @ 2003

  2. Ooohrahh! Glad to hear you made it home safe to the ones who love you most!

    Comment by Randy K — 30 November 2004 @ 2100

  3. YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by Jim - PRS — 30 November 2004 @ 2246

  4. I am so happy to hear that Hook. God bless you and thank you and Mrs. Hook and the pirates for letting us borrow you. Stay safe and enjoy!

    Comment by Kathleen Acton — 30 November 2004 @ 2323

  5. Just in time for Christmas. Thanksgiving, indeed. :)

    Welcome home, Sarge.

    Comment by Margi — 1 December 2004 @ 0057

  6. […] !
        Filed under: Everyday , Blogging , News @ 4:57 pm
     

    Hook’s HOME! Yayayaya!! | Permalink

    RSS feed […]

    Pingback by margilowry.com » Welcome home, Sarge! — 1 December 2004 @ 0058

  7. Welcome home, Sarge!
    Hook’s HOME!

    Yayayaya!!

    Trackback by margilowry.com — 1 December 2004 @ 0058

  8. Welcome home, Hook. Thanks for your service.

    Comment by caltechgirl — 1 December 2004 @ 0133

  9. Welcome home, sgt maj.

    Comment by Geoffrey — 1 December 2004 @ 0237

  10. Glad you made it home, Hook. The one thing I regret about leaving Hawaii was not ever having met you and yours.

    Comment by Venomous Kate — 1 December 2004 @ 0247

  11. Great, great news…

    Comment by RickinVa — 1 December 2004 @ 0259

  12. Welcome home, Sarge!

    Comment by Craig — 1 December 2004 @ 0339

  13. Home For The Holidays
    Great news!

    Sgt. Hook is home.

    Welcome home, Sarge.

    Trackback by mtpolitics.net — 1 December 2004 @ 0341

  14. Welcome home Sgt.Hook, hope all is ok, and know I pray for you and all our soldiers. A special prayer for the families of those in both the plane crash you mentioned as well as the Army chopper that went down here in Texas.

    Comment by Granny Jan — 1 December 2004 @ 0350

  15. Welcome Home Hook!

    :-)

    Comment by TexasGal — 1 December 2004 @ 0448

  16. As much as you dream of home, home isn’t complete until the soldier is hogging the couch, eating cookies in bed and making the kids laugh.

    Welcome home.

    Comment by ArmyWife — 1 December 2004 @ 0500

  17. Welcome home, sir. Thanks to you and your troops for a job well done. Thanks, as well, to the families who let you go.

    Comment by jen — 1 December 2004 @ 1121

  18. Welcome home, Top! Are you home to stay for a while, or are you to go back again? Regardless, it’s great you’re back home to family and familiar places. That it’s home to Paradise is just “more better”!

    Comment by Ric James — 1 December 2004 @ 1140

  19. That is the BEST NEWS today. All those hugs and the happy sounds of family.

    May this be a wonderful time!

    Comment by Tammi — 1 December 2004 @ 1324

  20. I’m so glad that you’re home safely. I hope it is for good until your Sgt. Major school in El Paso.

    Comment by TRA — 1 December 2004 @ 1551

  21. Sgt. Major Hook,

    You definitly deserve some R&R. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

    Comment by Mark Doty — 1 December 2004 @ 1708

  22. Welcome home soldier, welcome home.

    Comment by Jim R. — 1 December 2004 @ 1809

  23. Welcome Home!!!!

    You’d better not be blogging for a while - you’ve got more important things to do with that gang of pirates and the missus ;->

    Comment by inkgrrl — 1 December 2004 @ 1826

  24. Welcome home, Sgt. Hook. It is great to hear that you are back. Enjoy yourself, you certainly have earned it.

    JD

    Comment by JD — 1 December 2004 @ 1848

  25. You be sure and love on the Mrs. as much as humanly possible. Trust me…she really needs it by now!

    (18 days and counting till my Jimmy comes home.)

    Comment by Joan — 1 December 2004 @ 1850

  26. […] een. Two of the people on my blogroll just had homecomings: Just in time for Christmas, Sgt. Major Hook is home! I can’t image the utter joy his family must be experiencing, b […]

    Pingback by pamibe » US — 1 December 2004 @ 2048

  27. Welcome Home, Sergeant Major!!

    And Congratulations on making E-9.

    Enjoy the Family!!

    Again, Welcome Home.

    Stu Clark
    CPL, USA (former)

    Comment by Stu Clark — 2 December 2004 @ 2358

  28. Welcome home, Jim. This is wonderful news :)

    Comment by Lisa — 5 December 2004 @ 0532

  29. Around The Sphere
    Things are interesting here at the temporary lair, and I am devoting a good deal of time to said interesting (good) situation. Meantime, here are some links to some things going under the mainstream radar, along with a few observations:…

    Trackback by The Laughing Wolf — 6 December 2004 @ 2128

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