My brother is coming home for some R& R from his tour in Qatar .  For the past 19 years, my brother has served in the Air Force and just reenlisted for another 4.  During these tours, he has always arrived at what country or state he lived in with no one to welcome him.  He has an autistic son (11) who really felt the hardship of this last tour…   he commented to me awhile back about how it felt to see family and friends at the airports to greet their loved ones.  Although he said it would be nice to have us at the airport, he understood the difficulty of us traveling to another State or Country to welcome him back in the US with little notice.   He also mentioned that he has had the honor in welcoming home and assisting those who were killed in the line of duty.  He is stationed in South Carolina and is the baby in the family.  He just turned 40… which means he enlisted when he was 21.

This Saturday, July 5^th at 10:45am, my brother, Eric and his son will be arriving into Sacramento and I am asking you and your group if you would join my mom, brother and two other sisters in welcoming him home.  I know this would mean a lot to him.