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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…

My Favorite Marine

April 13, 2015June 14, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

My dad is dead.My dad is dead.My dad is dead.Oh how it hurts to say those words. I am a grown woman with two children and I still feel like a lost little girl when I say those words.My dad was a Vietnam veteran, (more…)

“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…

VSI-Very Seriously Injured

March 13, 2015May 9, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

“VSI-Very Seriously Injured” “Mrs. Guinn, do you have your passport ready?” asked the female voice on the telephone. “Your husband has now been classified as Very Seriously Injured (VSI) and we need you and your children to fly to Germany to be with him.” After the call from the Colonel,…