BEHIND THE UNIFORM… IS A HEART THAT MISSES HOME John is serving far from home, in the Middle East

In the picture, his wife smiled warmly, her eyes full of a kind of light that had always grounded him. In her arms, wrapped in a soft blanket, was their baby—tiny, peaceful, unaware of the distance that separated their family.

John stared at it for a long moment, his expression softening.

“This is why,” he whispered quietly to himself.

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