Crafting the Best Welcome Back Greeting Card
Whether your loved one is gone for a month or a year, they will surely adjust better to returning home if they are welcomed back warmly. Sometimes soldiers returning home are lucky enough to be greeted by their entire town, but not everyone is so blessed. You may be the only person welcoming home your loved one.
How to Create the Perfect Card - Examples
Not only soldiers deserve to be welcomed home, of course! Welcome those you care for back into your life with some of our suggested messages below.
General Tips for Welcome Back Messages
The best welcome back messages are upbeat and welcoming. Try to be positive, warm, and fun! Feel free to add any personal touches including favorites memories or quotes based on your preferences. An additional tip is to try and include an activity you can’t wait to do with your loved one again to show them how much you missed their company. Be sure to include a warm closing at the end of your card.
Basic Welcome Back Messages
These basic welcome back messages should suffice for most people in your life. Everyone deserves a small gesture letting them know you are happy they are home, so feel free to stress how much you care for the recipient.
- (For friend) “Welcome back to the city. I hope you enjoyed your vacation and didn’t end up with too much of a sunburn. We definitely must meet up soon to go over your vacation photos!”
- (For spouse) “Welcome home, sweetie. I have missed you every day you were gone. Our home just isn’t the same without you. Stay in one place for awhile, please!”
- (For spouse) “I’m so glad you made it safely home from your business trip. Welcome back to our humble little house. Love you, darling.”
- (For parents) “Seeing you both return home safely has made me finally stop worrying! Welcome back to my adventuring parents. I hope you enjoyed the safari and had a blast on your vacation.”
- (For grandchildren) “Welcome back, my cutie patooties! I’m grateful you flew home safely and arrived home before dark. I hope you had a fun spring break. Love you bundles!”
- (For him) “You’re back home finally!! I’m so excited to see you back in town again. Let’s go see a game this weekend and catch up.”
- (For her) “Welcome back, gorgeous. It’s great seeing you get back into the swing of things already after being abroad for so long. Let’s grab a beer soon!”
- (For students) “It’s that time again! Fall has arrived at last and it is school time yet again. Welcome to your fall semester. Wishing you the best school year ever!”
- (For co-workers) “Welcome back to work, slacker! Just kidding. The office wasn’t the same without you. Never leave again!”
- (For co-workers) “Welcome back from maternity leave. We couldn’t wait to see the adorable pictures of your new addition to the family. We missed you while you were gone and look forward to having you back everyday!”
- (For soldiers) “Welcome back home! Your country thanks you for your service and sacrifice. It is due to brave young soldiers such as yourself that our citizens are able to live free of tyranny.”
- (For soldiers) “Welcome home from basic training. I’m so proud of all you have accomplished. Your family could not be happier to see you complete your training and we feel lucky to have you back home before your first deployment.”
- (For athletes) “Welcome back from the championship! We are so happy to have you back home after a long and grueling season. Use this time to heal and relax before you must start your rigorous training schedule again.”
Welcome Home Quotes and Sayings
Sometimes a card needs a little extra to best suit your preferences or your particular situation. If you’re wanting to add a little extra to make your message special, try including some of these quotes and sayings that have stood the test of time to your card.
These quotes are particularly fitting for anyone you know returning home.
- “You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right.” – Maya Angelou
- “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” – Maya Angelou
- “Home is not where you live but where they understand you.” – Christian Morgenstern
- “Where we love is home, / Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Homesick in Heaven
- “You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.” – Og Mandino