Joey is Home for a While!

We (Raf, Carolyn, and I) were at the D/FW Airport by 10 pm last night, although Joey's flight didn't arrive until 10:47. We were standing at the gate, and he and a couple other boys from the area who were in boot camp with him came through the revolving doors. We were so happy to see him. He had told us he had lost 12 pounds, but he had put it back on, and he looked good...more like a man than a boy, now. He qualified as expert marksman...which not many Marine recruits do. He will be home for about 10 days, and then back to San Diego he does for his MOS as a mechanic. I swear he looks taller. This photos was taken at 2 am, so he looks a little tired. He talked to him girlfriend, Coley, all the way home last night, and they were over this morning on the way to so "stuff". Tomorrow we will go to church together, and his aunts are coming for that. Then the family will meet at 3 pm to eat Italian food at Baris and back here for a get together with friends from town.

I realize he hasn't been to war, but this song kept going through my mind:

When Johnny comes marching home again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.

(just substitute Joey for Johnny!)