Very interesting blog!

I like the Welcome home signs. What gives me the creeps is all these roadside memorials for car accidents. Some near my house are decorated for the holidays etc.
Don’t these people have a cemetary to go to?

So start a movement. Get everyone who’s already travled to hell and back to go by the local recruiting office on their way home to see the competitive welcome home signs. That’d be interesting…

OKAY – some of you made valid points. I never really considered little baby sister Suzie wanting to work on the sign herself because she misses her brother. That’s valid. I also like Jeff’s idea of removing them once they appear tattered. But still…highway overpasses? Couldn’t towns designate an area for the signs? Perhaps in front of town hall? Or better yet, in front of the local military recuiting office? Besides, once numerous signs are displayed next to each other, the competitive nature might increase the quality of the signs themselves. It’s a win-win for everybody!

The least they could do is remove them after they have become worn and tattered from the weather.

…I kinda like those signs. …maybe I am being “corny” but I imagine some child who is missing his mom, dad, brother or sister — and the family is painting this huge home made sign and that child is filled with hope that his or loved one will return. That is what is in my head when I see those big blanket signs. …and, I guess, I kind of like that.

I feel the same way when I see shabby or “sad” looking holiday decorations in someone’s yard. To us it make look cheap, tacky and shabby — but in that house is a child who is so proud of what he/her or his family pulled together to welcome Santa Clause.

I think the key is to try and put yourself in someone else’s shoes. If my brother were over there I would want a banner welcoming back every single person that was able to get back here — in as big a way as I could.

War is NEVER right. But, sadly, that can’t be the concern of the soldier — or that soldier’s family.

Karl, you are such a snob. LOL. xo k

Karl, you’re offended by the aesthetics of these impromptu bridge signs–keep in mind that the majority of them, if not all, are put up by the relatives of these men and women–and they’re virtually all straight. OF COURSE you would want brand new material, a gramatically correct message in nicely spaced and stencilled lettering, a coordinated color scheme and some nice graphics. But you’re gay, Karl. They’re not.

OK – the more I think about it, I suppose I wouldn’t mind a highway bridge sign. But I’d be pretty insulted if my parents just used an old sheet. If they loved me that much, couldn’t they spring a few bucks to get one of those tarp material ones printed?

Yes, but that’s just for your parents and you. The sheet tells the whole world KARL PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR YOUR PITIFUL ASSES AND WE’RE THRILLED HE’S HOME!

Shut your ass up about the goosebumps. I have a deep sappy streak. As if you can’t tell by my posts. LOL.

love u, k