“Tell him to check the shoes this time,” my mother laughed when she heard I was getting married again. She was joking. But she didn’t know how close to home that hit. I came home from Afghanistan…
I came back from deployment and my wife said, “How are you home already? ” The first thing I noticed wasn’t her expression. It was the man’s shoes by the front door. Brown leather oxfords, size 11 at least, positioned neatly next to my wife’s favorite sandals. The ones with the cork heels she bought … Read more