Burned Toast and Burnt Hearts

“One evening my mother made dinner after a hard day’s work. She put a plate of eggs, salad and burnt toast in front of my father …I immediately noticed, the burnt toast …. And, I was waiting to see if he was going to complain about it, but my father started to eat them, smiling […]

Lance Sijan Memorial Bracelet

Lance Sijan Memorial Bracelet from MemorialBracelets.com While overseas, at the end of summer, I was walking back from the chow hall, when I ran into our Chief. After some chatting, he brought up the name Lance Sijan. He told me about how he had a strange experience on Amazon where he had ordered the book,Into […]

Invictus

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,       Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be       For my unconquerable soul.  In the fell clutch of circumstance       I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance       My head is bloody, but unbowed.  Beyond this place of wrath and tears       Looms but the Horror of the […]