The Never-Ending Hallway

August 29, 2010 • Kalli, Guard Youth  
Filed under Personal Columns, Top Stories

I’m on the bus home from my basketball game when my cell rings. I check the number — my brother. Why’s he calling? I answer and he says, “Grandy had a reaction.” So what? Grandy has a lot of reactions. Then he says, “Call Dad.” And I know: This one is different. I hang up and my heart... Read more »

Without one teardrop

August 17, 2010 • Felicia, JRB Youth  
Filed under A&E, New Work by Military Youth, Stories about Others, Top Stories, Uncategorized

He leaves her life in the only place she ever remembers him being. Sitting in his favorite tan armchair, the former Korean war trooper. Dad. Husband. Loving Grandfather. He closes his eyes lightly, gasping as though he couldn’t quite catch his breath. Kaitlyn sits on the air mattress she shares with... Read more »

A Tribute to Mom

August 17, 2010 • Fabian, JRB Youth  
Filed under New Work by Military Youth, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories

Hi, Mom, it’s me, Fabian. Remember when you always made me blueberry pancakes on my day of birth? Mmmmn. And then I would wake up early and smell them from my room. There’d be four buttermilk pancakes with syrup and extra butter, stacked up with my favorite smoothie– banana strawberry- to wash... Read more »