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Tonight I realized a painful truth...Mike talks to Maggie, but not to me. I don't know what I did or what I said...but I know now that whatever life I had in Michigan is no more and the friends I had seem to be gone with it. I never intended for the friendships to end, but I seem to have no choice...I must be regarded as a traitor, as one who abandons all, for my friends seem to be only those few here who claim my friendship.
If my enlistment is an insult to you, I'm sorry. If it's somehow an affront to you, I'm sorry. I can't change the choice I have made...the military has been a part of my life from the day I was born and will be a part of my life until the day I die. If leaving my Masters degree to take on the life of a literal servant is appalling, I'm sorry for you because it is my sweat, blood, and tears which keep you safe from harm. I cannot be less than I am or less than I have become. I am not who you used to know...I am different; I am changed.
If my enlistment is an insult to you, I'm sorry. If it's somehow an affront to you, I'm sorry. I can't change the choice I have made...the military has been a part of my life from the day I was born and will be a part of my life until the day I die. If leaving my Masters degree to take on the life of a literal servant is appalling, I'm sorry for you because it is my sweat, blood, and tears which keep you safe from harm. I cannot be less than I am or less than I have become. I am not who you used to know...I am different; I am changed.