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On Love, With a Long Lost Friend

You may remember my very first post, A Solider Story, where I spoke of a dear friend of mine, and her war-ward bound journey to Neverland… better known as Iraq. Well, she’s back — and we finally got to catch up, after 18 long months of sporadic emails, unnerving news reports, and one static-filled [...]

A Soldier Story

I moved to a new school my senior year in high school. Dad got a promotion and moved the family north. I got to pick the school my sister and I attended, since I was inconvenienced the most. I picked the school with the best basketball team, since that was my livelihood of choice at [...]