My Stepmother Said I Disgraced The Uniform Until A Soldier Stood Up And Told The Truth

reimagined by a woman named Diane Patricia Whitfield, who became Diane Patricia Callaway in 1995 when I was twelve and who spent the next twenty-five years ensuring that everyone in Richard Callaway’s life understood one organizing principle: the first family was a rough draft. She was the final copy.

I didn’t leave home for the Army. I left home because continue reading …