The USS John C Stennis arrived home in Bremerton a couple mornings ago and we were lucky enough to enjoy a few moments with one of the sailors off the ship at our weekly Friday morning coffee. A group of us gals meet at 10:30 every Friday morning at Harvester Restaurant which we have been doing for many years. We have a front row seat to all who come and go and that particular morning we spotted a young sailor and his family headed toward the cash register. Our brains went click click click and we remembered we'd heard on the news the USS John C Stennis had arrived that morning after 6 months at sea. So, of course miss nosey me, I struck up a conversation and yes, he had just come home. We all welcomed him, he high fived us all, and when Kirby, the owner saw all the commotion, he, when handed the bill and the credit card, handed the card back and said breakfast was on him. That is probably why the place is packed most of the time....they know how to run a business.
Growing up with a dad who was a Captain in the Merchant Marine, my sisters and I knew what it was like to not have dad at home as often as we would have liked and my heart went out to the young family knowing how very happy they were that day.
Growing up with a dad who was a Captain in the Merchant Marine, my sisters and I knew what it was like to not have dad at home as often as we would have liked and my heart went out to the young family knowing how very happy they were that day.
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