Words on Paper

Love is eternal, love is forever. But love is torn away when Claire’s boyfriend is pulled from his duties at home to his duties for his country overseas. She writes him as often as she can, an expectant mother expecting a boyfriend to be home. Gabe’s family comforts her but the only time she very well speaks her minds is in letters. Letters to him. Even though she knows his duties prolong him from answering, she hopes that they reach him.

Excerpt
Otherwise everything is just the same. I saw a special bird on TV; some kind of parrot. They told about it for about 30 minutes before the show ended, and I didn’t listen to a word of it. I actually pressed the ‘mute’ button on the remote and just watched the pictures. I’ve always hated he voices from TV, but the photographers are cool. You’re probably laughing right now; you’ve always teased me with that. I mute the TV to admire the photographers, and so what? You do weird things too! Like you stir your milk before you drink it every morning even though it has absolutely no purpose. I bet you don’t do that where you are now, but I do it. I figured someone back home had to keep your strange habits now that you can’t do it.