"Ashley and Jacob will be married if all goes well."
Ashley and Molly were planning the wedding. Both girls were serving in infantry units at Schofield Barracks. They were each combat photographers. They had been trained to got out in the field with regular troops and record the history going...
I met Sandra one Saturday in early spring. Phyllis and I had gone to the park for a run and were sitting in a coffee shop getting ready to go home for our weekly private afternoon when she waved suddenly....
The next Wednesday the four of us had dinner together. Sandra and I allowed ourselves occasional wicked glances, but for the most part maintained something approaching our earlier behavior. At one point Dave said, “Phyllis and I have another meeting...
"Our private falls in love with her sergeant."
They were duty-bound. As soldiers in the United States Army they had duties to fulfill. But that didn't stop them from falling in love. And then, they were duty-bound to get married and live happily ever after. It started simply enough....
One Friday evening when I was twenty-six, I was walking home late from work and passed the hotel next to the small convention center in our little city. It had been a long week and the neon light of the...
Sometimes I don't know how to say things. It's always been a problem of mine, meaning the people who get close to me think that I can see the outsides of things and never the mysterious textures beneath. I can...
"Susan causes trouble."
I stood at the doorway and held the door for my wife. If she planned to shock me, she couldn't have done a better job. She was the last person I expected to see. "I'll use the guest room...for now,"...
"You don't sleep with the boss..."
The lights in Gabriel’s condo illuminated the hall as soon as he flicked on the light switch. He shut the door when Rachel stepped inside, and then helped her out of her coat first before he hung his own in...
"Mary has a night at home with her sister and makes plans for her date."
Mary came bursting through the door at home. “Liz! Liz are you sleeping?”“How could I be with all that shouting? Jeopardy's on, so shut up!”Mary walked through the entry hall in the front of the house into the kitchen and...
It was always good weather in Hawaii. Except when the storms came. Private Lovall was out on a training mission when a tropical storm came in and disrupted the exercise. But, a little wind and rain wasn't going to stop...
