This is a story about a man who gave everything and had everything taken from him. It's a bit darker than my usual stuff. I put it in the romance category because of the ending. Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens so much to our soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen when they're deployed. As I said in my blog post, this is partially based on reality.
It was love at first sight, but the timing wasn't right. I fell in love with her all over again every time we met, but somehow we just couldn't make the pieces fit. Will we end up together eventually?
From the time Tommy hit puberty and discovered girls there was only one woman on his mind...his mother. When he reaches college a friend turns him onto a wonder drug that can make all his dreams come true.
Shannon was a lovely lady, but I thought she was out of bounds for me. Thank God I was wrong.As always, those looking for stroke stories should go elsewhere.