First dates are tough. He hated it took so long, but war has its own rules. Her eyes were so blue. Her hair like a spider’s web, but golden like hay. Face time was so distant. Finally, holding her tight. She felt so right. This would be forever. “Hello, daughter.”

R.A. Burlingham has been writing everything from advertising copy to screenplays for over 40 years.  He is a filmmaker, digital media and social studies teacher and editor of the book, Worlds Beyond My Window: The Life and Works of Gertrude McCarty Smith.