The Boys Chunk A Football - 867 Words

Our Escape I watch the boys chunk a football around, out the kitchen window while I prepare lunch. Dani is tackling his best friend onto the ground and, for a moment, I see them as grass stained little boys again, with not a worry about war or deployment. It makes me smile. This was their escape. This was the place where, just for a little while, there was no war, no AK-47s or PT. It was my escape too, but in a different way. I didn’t need an escape from gun fire and bombs. This was my escape from the war waging at home. Dani trots in the kitchen, dripping in sweat and lifts me off the ground, swinging me around. The sweat doesn’t even bother me. I squeeze him right back and breathe in the scent of fresh cut grass and his lavender fabric softener. I kiss him and ask for some help hauling the mound of food out back. You would not believe the amount of food eight marines can ingest in one sitting. One step out the door and the scent of charcoal and burgers engulfs us. 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