Dear Aaron

by Mariana Zapata

Sergeant Major to a young soldier: “I didn’t see you at camouflage training this morning, soldier.” Soldier: “Thank you very much, sir.”

A group of soldiers were standing at formation when their instructor said, “All right, all you dummies fall out.” Only one man in the squad stayed at attention while the rest wandered off. The instructor walked over to the soldier who hadn’t left and met him eye to eye. The soldier smiled and said, “Sure was a lot of them, huh, sir?”

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Bigger German Shepard mix

There’s only so much I’m willing to do for my country. Nudies isn’t one of them.

My oldest brother is 29, then there’s my sister who is 26, my other brother is 25, then there’s me at 23, and my little sister is 18.

Would it make it any better if I told you that your country appreciates your dedication, nudies or not?

My mom is a hell of a woman. I’ll send you a picture as long as you promise not to become my new stepdad. I like #4.

Every relationship turns into a bad one unless you find somebody to stay married to you for the rest of your life.

I thought about raising my hands directly in front of me where we could both see them, so I could shake them and shame them for what they’d done. They’d betrayed me. They’d gone rogue on me. After all we’d been through….

Time was something you couldn’t just give out freely. It was precious.

The smile that came over his face at my last word was worth… everything. Everything in my kingdom for that smile. I’d never felt more powerful in my life than I did in that moment.