Heroes

So excited about tomorrow. I am headed to Norfolk to welcome home my cousin, Ray. He has been on deployment for the last 6 months on the USS Bainbridge. I don't know where he's been. But I know he and his fellow sailors were in the Indian Ocean around Easter. It was their ship that led the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips during the stand down with Somali pirates last April. His Mom & Dad are flying in from Louisiana and another Uncle is driving down from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Mom and I will head out bright and early tomorrow. I have never experienced a Navy ship homecoming. My brother was in the Navy, but he was stationed out in San Diego. Can't wait to see the Bainbridge and my cuz!