I Opened a .mil Email the Night My Family Buried Me Alive

No words. Just the picture.

It had been taken in that ballroom in Colorado Springs. My father in a navy suit. My mother in pale green. Ethan in a tie that cost too much and didn’t fit right at the collar. Behind them, a giant printed backdrop with the Mitchell Custom Homes logo and a gold banner that read CONGRATULATIONS ETHAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS.continue reading …