soldier come home
Sam had been a soldier at war for more than three years, during which he had been in
many battles and won many decorations. He was finally discharged from service and
returned home to a wife and son whom he hadn’t seen in almost four years.
As he was walking up the path to his house, his young son spotted him and yelled,
“Mommy, Mommy, here comes Daddy, and he’s got a Purple Heart on!”
To which the mother replied, “I don’t give a damn what color it is! Let him in, and you go
play at the Smiths for a couple hours.”
