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How Did We Get Here?

May 21, 2015May 23, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

How Did We Get Here?I gaze out of the large glass doors of the Emergency Room waiting, just waiting for the arrival of my husband. The plane from Germany has landed-somewhere. Ft. Sam, Randolph, Lackland. I am sure they told me but it doesn’t really matter. I know there are…

More Than I Can Handle

May 2, 2015 by Bobbie Guinn

Bobbie Guinn

More Than I Can HandleI have been told “God will not give you more than you can handle”; what exactly is that supposed to mean? More than I can handle before I go stark raving crazy? More than I can handle before I become a completely different person? More than…

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…)

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…