I came of age in a time of no heroes.

The wars we knew to be right are now the history we learned as children.

The wars we believed were right became the history we wished hadn’t happened.

The wars we are fighting now? We pretend we’ve already won them.

Stuart Turnbull is absent without leave from the majority of life and finds that writing helps him remain that way — he occasionally blogs a story at diamondsanddross.blogspot.com.