Your take: First words at the homecoming?

Anthony Porter was embraced by his mother Clara as they celebrated his return home in 1999. Porter was released as prosecutors investigate another man's confession to the slayings that kept Porter on death row for 16 years. (AP Photo/Mike Fisher)

Anthony Porter was embraced by his mother Clara as they celebrated his return home in 1999. Porter was released as prosecutors investigate another man's confession to the slayings that kept Porter on death row for 16 years. (AP Photo/Mike Fisher)

When you have a big moment ahead, something you’ve been fretfully awaiting, you rehearse that second over and over in your mind.

When it finally arrives, the reality is that we often react in a way we never anticipated.

Here’s a moment you all can relate to: the moment your loved one finally walks into the house after a prison term.

What’s the first thing you will say to your loved one the moment he or she returns home after prison?

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About Sandeep Junnarkar

Sandeep Junnarkar is the founder and editorial director of Family Lives Behind Bars.