The Women

BOMBING FOR PEACE IS LIKE SCREWING FOR VIRGINITY.

Certainly no one talked about any women at war.

parents didn’t understand her, perhaps, and certainly they didn’t condone most of her choices, but they were here.

They were family. As tattered and beaten-up as the connection might feel, it had a strong core, something you could hang on to.

Even on bad days, even on the worst days, I believe this is what I’m meant to do and where I’m meant to be.

Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them.