I walked into Portsmouth Family Court in my dress blues at 9:03 a.m. to fight…
I was three hours out of surgery, still hooked to an IV - and my…
I was picking up my daughter from the base daycare when two MPs grabbed me…
I was standing in my wedding dress watching my mother carry a tray of champagne…
I was standing at attention during my commissioning ceremony - thirty-one officers in dress whites,…
I walked into Fort Bragg's main dining facility wearing my dead father's field jacket -…
I was cleaning out my locker at St. Francis Children's - twenty-six years of service…
I was three bites into my wedding cake when my mother-in-law grabbed the microphone and…
I was picking my mother up for her retirement luncheon at the base - and…
I was still picking carpet fibers out of the scrape on my elbow when my…
I spent thirty-one years working double shifts so my daughter could have everything I didn't…
I'd spent eleven months hemming my son's wedding suit by hand, stitching his late father's…