My parents begged me not to wear my uniform to brother’s wedding. “The military is embarrassing.” But I walked in wearing my dress blues – a silver star on my chest. 150 guests went silent. 12 veterans stood up: “Silver star in the room!” My family froze.
Chapter 1: The Geometry of Erasure I am Captain Tori Meyers, and I was thirty-two years old on the damp, overcast morning my mother finally looked me in the eye and …
My parents begged me not to wear my uniform to brother’s wedding. “The military is embarrassing.” But I walked in wearing my dress blues – a silver star on my chest. 150 guests went silent. 12 veterans stood up: “Silver star in the room!” My family froze. Read More