By Scott Calvert

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, was weeks away from returning home to her husband and two children in White Bear Lake, Minn., said her husband, Joey Amor. "She was in her 90 day window," he said in a text message, adding that she had deployed in early August.

Photos posted to his Facebook page capture the simple joys of family life: making funny faces, fishing, hawking Girl Scout cookies, playing lacrosse. An avid gardener, she enjoyed making salsa with her son using homegrown tomatoes and peppers, her husband said. She loved watching her son play lacrosse and was excited that he was applying to college. She adored teaching their daughter to ice skate and would walk alongside her as she rollerbladed.

In late November, Joey Amor thanked friends on Facebook for birthday wishes. "Especially thank you to my beautiful wife Nicole Amor. Even while you are on the other side of the world you found a way to make my birthday special. I love you!" he wrote.

She enlisted in the National Guard in 2005, according to military officials. A year later she transferred to the Army Reserve, deploying to Kuwait and Iraq in 2019.

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