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I want to dedicate this to all those who are deployed or have come home, including their family and friends, especially those who may have a loved one who give their lives for our freedom. And to over twenty-eight veterans I have met, and their mother, father and siblings, that have returned from May, 2012 to this year (01/2013), I realize even more so the challenges they, and their family and friends face as they return home. The transition home can be a difficult one, and I am so saddened when I hear that a returned veteran has taken their life! The only words I had for one soldier I met and greeted home lately has been "You made it home; now please choose to make it through this!" This includes those who have shared in the somewhat similar and various effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D.), through abuse in any form, physically, mentally or spiritually, equally important, abandonment and being a "special needs" person, like me, and looking for hope to overcome it and wanting to enjoy this life fully!