playing hooky.

so much to share & say these days...

and not enough time to do it!

there's been a lot buzzing in my brain lately

--a lot going on in general--

but i just stumbled across this picture and it made me

pause...

it took me back.

last summer. fort campbell army post.

our tennessee days.

i miss those sizzling hot summer days

when i would meet andy for lunch.

i would sit across the desk from him

in an old leather seat that would exhale 

as i sank down in it.

he would always close the door and every time i would ask,

"are you sure it's okay?"...

feeling like we were playing hooky or getting away with something sneaky.

"yes, i'm sure. i'm on lunch," he would say,

definitively...as the door closed...in a no-nonsense army-captain-way.

then we would munch on snacks from home

& take a mid-day break.

....but inevitably there would be phone calls.

his voice would deepen, 

he'd become more serious

{"cap'n mark"}

and i would snap a photo.

because i didn't want to forgot those

summer lunch dates with my soldier.