THE JOURNAL

The police siege of the club across the street gave us little time to mingle with our three new friends. In the two minutes we spent talking, we found out that they were students at the University of Delaware, got their phone numbers, and then split. We drove home three phone numbers richer and with […]

It has been eleven months and I still haven’t perfected the Stay At Home Mom (S.A.H.M) gig. Actually, I have come to grips with the fact that it probably will never happen. But, I thought at this point I would have the schedule down to include: showering and brushing my teeth all before lunch. Ha […]

The rumors were true. Airman Morey was married and had been for over a year. I’d done many things I regretted and had regretful things yet to do, but pursuing a married woman was not one of them. As it turned out, my moral stance wouldn’t be challenged any time soon. Shortly after my initial […]

I haven’t always been a “glass is half full” kind of girl. In fact, up until about five years ago, I was always the “glass is half empty, but hopeful someone would come along one day and top it off for me” kind of girl. In mid 2004, my world was rocked and the aftermath […]

The idea behind military dress is uniformity. However, even though we were all wearing the same woodland print camouflage, she didn’t look like anyone else on that truck, on that base, or that I had ever seen in my entire life. My glance lasted but a second before I redirected my eyes back down to […]