INCOMING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

"On the last night I spent in Baghdad, an unusually large and noisome enemy shell impacted a few hundred meters away while I was otherwise indisposed in a portajohn. With the thin plastic walls shaking more violently than my bowels, I contemplated the possible snarky headlines:

Insurgents Catch Troops With Their Pants Down -- Literally!

If I die in a combat zone,
Wipe my six and ship me home.

Yet here I am just over a month later, sitting at the kitchen table on a beautiful Christmas morning at my parents home in Austin with my wife and family. Life is good."
American Citizen Soldier