by: Brandon Friedman

Wed Oct 29

Coming home is different for everyone, but some aspects are universal: It's weird, it's awkward, and it's difficult for everybody involved.  See if this strikes a chord:

Before I went over I knew a couple of friends that came back.  I asked, "What was it like?" and they didn't know how to explain it and I didn't know what I was asking.  And when I came back I ended up being the same way.  Almost mute.

I tried to explain to people.  I'm a verbal person, so I really wanted people to understand what I had gone through.  My parents gave me a cocktail party.  They didn't know what else to do.  They gave me a cocktail party like it was a graduation party.  And they realized in the middle of the party, they both did and I guess that's why I love them so much, that they really had made a mistake.