Alison ran her finger along the rim of her wineglass, staring down into the swirling pink liquid. Its transient beauty as it ebbed and flowed calmed her, smoothed some of the rough edges she was feeling. She was aware of Robb's blue eyes tracking her every movement, and got that unsettled feeling in her stomach again. Lord have mercy. She brought ( Read more... )

 No doubt everybody in this online community has long forgotten my existence, if they ever knew about it at all.  A lot has happened in the last couple of years, including having my heart broken several times.  The most recent comes just the day after Christmas, a difficult enough time indeed, made even harder by the passing of something I thought ( Read more... )

This is my second post of the day, and really the first public post I'll make since I started this thing back in '05, right before I went to Afghanistan. As I was perusing recent public posts, I noticed that people have a lot of worries these days. That's fine, 'cause Lord knows there's a lot to worry about in today's world. The interesting part ( Read more... )

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Country and Western Dance Night was a blast last night! I was afraid to dance at first because my ankle had been hurting. It did hurt for a while after I danced to "Cotton-Eyed Joe" but the more I danced, the better it felt. When I came back to my room I packed it with ice packs and put on a movie, figuring I'd stay up a few more hours, that way ( Read more... )