When a war was over, the troops came home. They didn't always come home the same way, but for the most part, they came home.
Some came home to the joyful arms of loved ones that waited desperately for their return.
They are amazed at how much their family has grown.
They greet new lives and vow to never leave again.
As if the choice is up to them.
Others return to the arms of those that waited for them, desperate to see their face. Their bodies lowered into the cold earth.
These are also the lucky troops, as some troops never return to their home soil and are forever classified as missing.
Then there are those troops that return home, but not whole. Instead they too are missing. Sometimes it's a limb, or several limbs destroyed in enemy fire.
They have dealt with hours of agonizing surgeries and long recoveries. They come back pieces of their former selves.
Other times, it's not so obvious what is missing. It lies buried beneath their eyes. Eyes that have seen too much and experienced things that they rather forget...but can't.
Yes, when a war is over, the troops come home.
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The ROS for the war is over. All the troops: Lainey Herendez, Verde Herendez and Brandon Peterson returned home alive. Verde Herendez lost both of his legs in the war and as a result has prosthetics and has been honorably discharged from the military.
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Poor Verde. :( That's going to be a big adjustment for him, to say the least. I'm glad everyone else made it home safely though.
ReplyDeleteWas the funeral just to show that some sims died, though not necessarily yours?
Verde has a lot of adjustments and prosthetic limbs is only the beginning. Yes, the funeral was to how that deaths occurred, but not my sims. I wanted to do a scene where Lainey would take a flag to a family and tell them of the death of their loved one, but life got busy :) Thanks for reading and commenting
DeleteI'm glad everyone from your hood made it back alive, and seeing Brandon with his baby was lovely. Poor Verde, though. I wonder how he will cope with life back home now? It sounds like he had a really hard time out there and he's lost more of himself than just his legs.
ReplyDeleteHe has lost a lot during his time away, more than he realizes. Thanks for reading and commenting.
DeleteOh man, this adjustment is going to be so hard. I can't wait to see how he copes and how his family and friends will be affected by this too.
ReplyDeleteI hope to have some updates soon as there have been lots of changes while he was gone as well. Thanks for reading and commenting.
DeleteOh wow, poor Verde. I'm glad that all of yours arrived home safely. This was a very touching post, very poetic.
ReplyDeleteThe ROS said that they all survived, but I know that rarely happens, so I wanted to show a piece of that. Thanks for reading and commenting.
DeleteI hope to do justice to their stories and experiences. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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