Veterans & Military

Honoring those who serve and their powerful stories

My Veteran Husband Came Home From His Second Deployment and Sat by the Window All Winter Without Laughing Once – Then My Coworker Found Me Crying in the Cereal Aisle and What Happened Over the Next Three Months Changed Our Entire Lives

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My husband Marcus came home from his second deployment with both of his legs and none of the things that used to make him laugh. He was thirty-four years old and he sat in the recliner by the window for most of that first winter and looked outside at nothing in particular and answered my … Read more

This Soldier Had Been Deployed for Two Years and Never Told His Dog He Was Coming Home – The Moment He Walked Through the Door Was Filmed, and the 8-Second Clip Has Now Been Watched 50 Million Times

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Staff Sergeant Daniel Ruiz had been deployed for 22 months. He had missed two Christmases, one birthday, his nephew’s first steps, and approximately 680 mornings of his dog Hank sitting on his feet while he drank coffee. Of all the things he missed — and the list was long, and he thought about it often … Read more

At 91 Years Old He Told His Family He Was Going for a Walk – Three Days Later They Found Him 63 Miles Away and He Refused to Stop – What He Was Walking Toward Made People Pull Their Cars Over and Cry

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Most men Harold Simmons’s age spend their mornings in a recliner with the news on and a cup of decaf nearby. Harold spends his lacing up his boots. At 91 years old, the Korean War veteran from Beaumont, Texas, has done a lot of things people said were impossible. But the walk he completed last … Read more