Like many career military spouses, I couldn't wait until my husband retired. My husband and I were probably the worst couple in the active duty Navy to ever go through deployment separations. As much as my husband loved the sea, he missed me with a passion, and as...
Donuts. Krispy Kreme donuts. That's what I wanted. Who ever heard of a southern town, without a Krispy Kreme? It was early on a week-day morning, and I had been over an hour early for an appointment, an odd twist of fate, that left me with nothing to do, except feel...
He has shoe-button eyes and a perfect bandit face, and he seldom leaves my side. No bones about it, I'm his first love. He wants nothing more than to lay in my arms or look into my eyes. He would die for me. His name is Happy Dog, and nothing gives him greater joy...
It was January, 1967, and at the height of the Vietnam War. The times were confusing. It seemed as though the whole country had gone crazy over the war. Near the University campus, where I worked, however, everything was quiet. We were in the midst of a major...
When my husband and I first became friends, we had no idea of any differences in our ages. I had inherited great genes, so at the age of 34 I was slim and young looking. Louie was fun, with a great sense of play, and yet, he was very serious about his path in life,...
Based on a true storyIt was fifty years ago, on a hot summer day, in the deep south. We lived on a dirt road, on a sand lot. We were, what was known as "dirt poor".I had been playing outside all morning in the sand. Suddenly, I heard a sharp clanking sound behind me...
I was feeling my age that morning as I limped from the parking lot up to the Physical Therapy Building.I was pushing fifty. I was crippled and I was feeling like a failure. Thankfully, I was happily married. However, health problems had cut short my dreams of...