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Where I Should Be

June 19, 2015June 20, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

Where I Should BeFinally the nurse comes to get us. It’s time, we can go back and see him. A part of me wants to stay in the waiting room because I’m afraid of what I will see. A part of me wants to go in the room alone so…

“Honey, I am so sorry…”

April 3, 2015April 12, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

“Honey, I am so sorry” I left the kitchen in a daze. My textbook answered all of my basic questions but I wanted to know more. I did not personally know anyone who was in a wheelchair. How will he get dressed? How will he shower? Will he be able…

T9/T10

March 21, 2015June 14, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

T9/T10After a long, restless night, I went downstairs to spend a few minutes drinking my morning coffee and planning out my day. As I sat in the quiet living room, really alone for the first time since the Colonel called me, my chest started hurting. Then my heart started pounding…

9 Years

March 6, 2015June 12, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

Pre-Deployment Picture OIF 2/20039 YearsIt has been 9 years.9 years from the time I woke from a sound sleep on a beautiful Sunday morning to the harsh ringing of the telephone on my bedside table. 9 years since I answered the phone expecting to hear my husband’s voice and instead…