"It's weird, but at home, I've come to feel a little like I'm on the outside looking in (and it was never that way before) and here, I feel like I'm where I belong."
Well, I hope you're snug in bed now and that someone kissed you and hugged you and tucked you goodnight. No one is every too old for that (One of the finer pleasures of life IMHO : )
I'm very thankful for this thread today, because while you and I know we're not alone when we are where we feel very 'out of place', it's a bit of a relief now and then to hear someone else say so. I hope you're sleeping tight, not letting the bedbugs, muzzies, and dems bite. Mwuah!
Thanks for your service. If it is any consolation, the way you feel is not at all unique.
One of the most touching things I ever heard was from a Vietnam Vet who told me:
"I hated Vietnam. I hated it with all my might from the depths of my guts. But sometimes, I wish I could go back...just to remember what it felt like to want to come home so badly."
I admit, it just floored me to hear him put it that way, because in a small way, it made me understand what he meant.