SINGER AND SOLDIER

My family was very poor. My father sometimes even picked through trash. My mother struggled to take care of me and my siblings. When my father developed COPD, the burden fell on me. There was a woman I loved... I left her. She looked at me through her tears, helpless. Every time she cried, I felt like I was dying, so without saying more I walked away. I became a specialist sergeant. For five years I served in the military purely for my family...