: About Me

I joined the Army twice. Occasionally I will dream that I've enlisted for the third time. Sometimes those dreams are exhilarating . . . I'm running with ease and performing effortless pushups . . . But other times I'm distracted and worried in those dreams, because a lot has changed since my Army days. I'm the mother of a son, not yet grown. And I'm a registered nurse-far removed from the duties I had as an enlisted soldier. Twenty-six years ago (seems like a few minutes ago) I was bivouacking in the snow, on a night much like this, as I completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Misso...