Before I am Famous

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Reflections on GI Blues Song

Well the story is done. I feel real good about finishing it. It took me almost a year. At this moment, I do not know if I am going to edit it or not. The story frameork is there but I just don’t know. Here’s the kicker, I wrote it all on the blog so [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 31

They arrive at the hospital and whisk Daylene to the delivery room, Jess goes along. Three hours after Daylene laid her husband and her baby’s father to rest in the earth, she pushes one last time. At first she hears nothing than she hears the baby wail. Daylene smiles then cries.
“Congratulations, it’s a boy!” said [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 30

The sun fills her room with bright light, she is already awake. She is not sleeping well these days. The funeral is in the afternoon. His body arrived the other day. Daylene was not allowed to see it. Probably for the best she thinks. His mother is sleeping on the couch. Thank god for Jess, [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 29

It is 4 am the phone startles her awake. She reaches over and picks it up with her heart pounding.
“Hello,” she mumbles.
“Hello, Mrs Mulrooney this is… ” The voice on other the line fades with each word he says to her. She drops the phone after he says, “I am sorry, ma’am.”
She starts crying hard, [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 28

Dear Daylene, I am sorry to hear that you are leaving the club but you know it is probably for the best anyway. I don’t know but I am sure you can get some jobs singing commercials and all. Speaking of singing… I went to a USO show last night. It was great, it almost [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 27

Dear Jason, I was so happy to get your letter today. I don’t if I told you but I am only singing at the club on Friday and Saturday. I got a part time job at the supermarket. And the one lady I work with, Marcy, pissed me off. She knows I am pregnant and [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 26

Dear Jason, I hope you are safe right now. You mom was actually very nice to me. I don’t know if it is because she is gonna be a gramma or what. We went crib shopping and she bought this nice crib that turns into a toddler bed. Me and Jess has been working on [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 25

Dear Jason,
I was so happy to get your letter the other day. It made me smile. I can’t wait until you are home with me. I miss you so much. I have something to tell you. I wish you could be here in person but such is life. You are going to be a daddy. [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 23 b

Everyday since Jason left, Daylene checks the mail anxiously waiting for a letter. It has been a month since he left and she feels empty. She goes to work and sings her songs but her heart isn’t in it. Many times she leaves the stage in tears. The band just keeps playing. But there is [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 23

The 2 weeks leading up to his departure was sad but happy. Daylene and Jason make love every night. He goes with her to the club every night. The last night they will spend together is very sad. It is coming to close to the end of her set, she sees Jason sitting at his [...]

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