On Your Left
On Your Left A retired special forces amputee meets a beautiful and intelligent woman in a relay race. He struggles to remember how to talk to a woman rather than anticipating getting shot by one. The Ragnar Relay Race in Southern Utah is not that different from trekking through the desert outside of Mosul. I’m packing lighter gear today, but the scenery is similar. It makes it that much harder not to be suspicious of every clump of weeds piled close to the road. People make a big deal about an amputee in a race, but I didn’t lose twenty pounds of leg in one day just to gain it in my gut the first couple years I’m back. This new brace is jamming into the bone. I should have gone with the other one. Ah well, suck it up buttercup. “On ...