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KATIE POV **5 YEARS LATER** Walking along the crowd from my flight gives me bittersweet feelings. I am finally home. I considered doing yet another service, but I’ve been gone long enough. I missed my family and the friends I had back in high school. I missed driving a car and not having language/cultural barriers. And it will be nice laying down in my own bed, and waking up in the house that brought so many good memories. During my first tour, I was passionate about my work, about the kids that I worked with. I even met a man, Andre- someone I looked up to as a mentor. The more we got to know one another, the closer we became, and shockingly, began to date. It was so different from dating in high school. Andre was a lot older and more experienced, and really pushed me be bet