Imagine if I was a boy and enlisted in the military without telling her? I bet she’d come right to the barracks and shout louder than any drill sergeant could until she made them give her rebellious son back. Maybe not, actually. She’d probably be proud and crowing about it to everyone. “Oh, Phil is in the service, don’t you know!” Ha! Well, I’m not a boy, more’s the pity. Mother’s stuck with what she’s got. Or not got, as the case may be . .
