He Mocked My Navy Service At My Own Wedding — Then A Major General Walked In

listening, baby?” my mother said, without turning around.

“Huh?”

She set down her dish towel and looked at me with that particular half-smile of hers, the one that folded a faint line at the corner of her mouth. “You’re a thousand miles away.”

“Dad says I should try out for the debate team,” I said. “He says it’ll look good. You know. For later.”

“Mm.” continue reading …