Good For The Gander
August 24, 2013 – 6:44 am
This story is based on a true story. While the detail is filled in by the author, the basic story was the story of my current wife's life with her first husband. I met my wife in the retirement community where we both lived. She told me the story shortly before we married.
Captain Jim Stulin sat erect in his summer dress uniform. His staid, non-committal expression betrayed none of his thoughts as he faced the small group of well-wishers from behind the speaker on the small stage. He was retiring from Naval service after 26 years and this was to be his last hurrah. It needn't have been this way, Capt. Stulin had a brilliant professional career and he most surely would have been promoted to flag rank except for those two letters of reprimand. "Damn," he thought.
The speaker at the podium in front continued with his farewell speech. To ...