No one teaches you how to say goodbye. Did I do it right? How was I supposed to fit a lifetime of ‘I love you’s into that moment? I just wanted them to come back. Wanted to tell them the greatest thing I ever got to do wasn’t in a war theater halfway around the world. It wasn’t in a uniform, following commands. The greatest honor I ever had was being a husband and a father. And in the blink of an eye, it was all gone.”
