“Brotherhood”

In the Summer of 2023, I was flying home on leave. I hadn’t been home in a while, and it was occupying most of my thoughts. I had joined the US Navy at the beginning of the year, and this was my first opportunity to travel and see my family again. It wasn’t all happy, though. The reason I was allowed to take this particular trip wasn’t as a vacation or a needed break from the service, but because my family had lost someone close to us. My Grandma, my Mother’s mom, had passed away.