Stories tagged with "veteran"
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The Little Unknown Baseball Player Pt.5

The years went by and I wasn’t that player I was once was.
I was at the age of 34 when I had my talk with the pro’s over in … -
The Writer Packs Her Cat

Ah, finally. The morning of departure. This is the last cup of coffee I’ll be having in Arizona. I don’t want to leave this d…
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The Writer Departs

“Are you sure that … thing, isn’t over five kilograms?”
I gasped in shock. “My Scooter, over five kilograms? Are y…
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The Writer Packs Her Fears as Well

“I think I’ll pass.”
“Chicken,” _I snorted, and let Scooter slip into his carrier. He sat in the corner, looking very reject…
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Tribute to a Fallen Soldier

Weeks passed and veterans from around the country came in droves to pay their respects to the fallen soldier. There were war …
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They Have No Idea: In Honor of the Veterans
They have no idea, He thought as his wife straightened the last of the metals she’d pinned to his dress uniform.
She smile…
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One down

Every day he stands at the freeway entrance, squinting into the sun, back bent slightly, shoes worn through long ago. His sig…