Tag Archives: America

America as an Empire

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace,” said Jimi Hendrix, an influential rock guitarist, in the mid-twentieth century.5 The world is far from realizing this utopia as children still fight over owner … Continue reading →

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First Duty Day in Bahrain

Posted on June 26, 2014 by

Took Caleb to work by 5:45 and made it home without accident – not that much traffic so early. Speaking of, I get a text from Uncle Ed. We got a notification in the mail of two toll road violations … Continue reading →

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Last Day In the United States

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

Tristan woke up at 5am, but grandma and great-grandma weren’t ready to get up yet, so they lay him between them and went back to sleep. I got out of bed at 7am when Kris got up and Caleb followed. … Continue reading →

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Goodbye West Coast

Posted on June 9, 2014 by

Caleb sat on one end of the couch and I used him as a pillow and his sweater as a blanket. Sleep came faster than I thought and I slept soundly until the alarm went off at 4am. We grabbed … Continue reading →

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