One day, during the time of COVID, as my granddaughter and I walked she told me about her family’s spirit animals. And she, of course, asked me about mine. Until then, thinking about such things was of no interest to me. Jokingly, my immediate response was, “I am clearly a loon.” She didn’t yet have […]
Sue Zislis
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September 11, 2001
On Sept. 10, 2001, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, home of the Green Berets, was a wide-open base. Anyone could drive through most of it without showing ID. This was possible because, for many years, our country had enjoyed peacetime without major stateside security concerns. My husband, Ted, was on active duty there, on staff at […]