It was a beautiful spring morning, the sun
glinting on the plane as it landed, blinding her

Sara stood there with his mom.dad,and sister waiting for him to deplane

She recalled when Brad had left for Viet Nam having a flash thought,she was seeing him for the last time

That vision had haunted her all the while
he was gone,and now could hardly believe
that he'd be getting off the plane

Being awash in so many mixed emotions
her knees buckled when she finally saw him

After hugging his family,when he took her in
his arms,she couldn't stem the torrent of tears

On the way home he kept his arm around her, as he dialogued with his father mostly just catching up on things at home

She had asked them to drop her home first so he could spend some time with his faimly,before he came over to  visit her family

When she got out of the car, she watched 
them leave, then ran into the house so excited and told her parents and brother he was fine

Sara and Brad had been high school sweethearts would now hopefully continue the relationship the war had interrupted

Later that evening after he had visited with her family,and they were all in bed,Sara and Brad made love on the sofa, learning their love for each other hadn't changed

When he left about 2:00 am,she had a haunting feeling not wanting to let him go

Two hours later her parents woke her to tell her the terrible news that Brad had been killed in a car accident

On the way home a drunk driver ran a light crashed into him head on, going 90 mph

The drunk driver ,a young man,survived

One can only imagine what poor Sara,and the families went through over this kind of loss to survive a war,to be killed in a car accident the very day you come home

It would take  years to sort it all out...

etw-2008