"The Army taught me a lot, but life in the Army taught me in even more. . ."
As a female Army recruit, I leaned very quickly that girls cannot show any emotion in the Army. It is a sign of immaturity and a weakness. And, if a female soldier showed any weakness, I quickly leaned, there was...
"Every now and then, the unexpected occurs . . ."
I am a traveling man. I sell all sorts of products for the company that I work for. I am on the road quite a bit, and I have to set up displays at various conventions, in a lot a...
"I was only doing a favor for some friends. Who knew the real estate agent would object?"
Sharla and Sam lived just a few blocks from me. They were good friends, as far as friends go. Then Sam got a job in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. I hated to see Sam move, because I had spent many a day...
"The best examination I've ever had."
It was my annual Renal sonogram to check for abnormalities in my kidneys. There was a family history of kidney cancer, so this was a simple and non-invasive way to check. I had been going to the same office for...
"I can't believe I did this..."
“You should go as a sexy nurse,” one of my co-workers told me.“Yeah, and get fired,” I replied.We were chatting about our company Halloween-themed costume party. I had worked at Moore Construction for about a year- a small company of...
"Kelly was stunned to find out she'd fucked the service writer when she was a teenager."
It was early October of 1992. Kelly and I had moved to a new locale just a few weeks earlier. That left us without our usual mechanic. When Kelly’s Mustang started acting up, she decided to take it to a...
"Tanner needed tutoring, but his mother needed it more."
I knocked on the door to Tanner’s house. We were supposed to meet up for a tutoring session. Tanner was a senior in one of my American history classes and I begrudgingly agreed to provide him some tutoring at his...
"Kelly was on fire and the driver used his hose to quench her."
It’s September of 2019. Kelly and I took a vacation last week to visit her brother. We had a nice time with them. Part of the reason we traveled quite a way to visit them was that a favorite band...
"My Driver's Best Friend Tagged Along to Experience A Weekend Field Training Exercise"
Life in the National Guard was always exciting and fun. As an officer and a Company Commander, I had my very own driver assigned to me. Weekend drills were mundane, consisting mostly of inspections and classes in the Armory. I...
"The perks of leadership..."
I am a company commander in my National Guard unit. My full-time job is heading up an architectural design company, but once a month, I get to serve my community and nation by serving in the Guard. For the most...