Author Archive
My Son a Soldier: A Father’s Veterans Day Story
On November - 11 - 2009
I never had a son.
It wasn’t for lack of trying. Three times I stepped up to the plate. Three times I delivered – or my wife delivered – a girl. I used to tease Lacey (my last-born) that her nickname was “Strike Three.” (She knows she was really a grand slam, so just chill, all you people with the arched eyebrow.)
An American Soldier
I never had a boy, but girls attract boys. For a good while, Ashley (my firstborn) was in the new-boyfriend-every-other-day club and that was fine with me.
Then, it happened. This skin-and-bones kid showed up at my house and ...