thought about talking to him about it, but there was a reason why he didn’t want her or anyone else for that matter to know, so she would keep it to herself and destroy her copy of the DD-214 which she did. She fell in love with him all over again, her husband was a “Bad Ass!” she smiled and just shook her head.
Chapter Twelve
Nineteen months after Kai was born they welcomed Morgan Ann Clayton she was born ten pounds eight ounces and two weeks late. The couple was elated to add her to their family, a little girl, for John she was a Minnie-me of her mom, he would treasure her and treat her like the princess she was. Starting today he said he would create his own “Rules for Dating My Daughter” and God help the poor bastard that broke them.
By this time tragedy had struck the Clayton household as Johns dad has passed away earlier in the year. He had Alzheimer’s and for the last few months of his life the quality of it was horrible. His mom couldn’t care for her husband and she had a whole host of medical problems herself. They had hired a homecare nurse to help with his care, but by the time he passed John reasoned it was time. One of the things that surprised Mel was that John showed absolutely no emotion when his dad passed away. She talked to him about it and all he said was that he saw it coming awhile back and he had time to think about it then and grieve about it months ago, so when his dad did pass he was ok with it, he was in a better place now.
Mel wasn’t sure that’s how he really felt; she had an idea his service in the Army made him feel certain ways about death. When she had found out about his past she secretly read everything she could about Army Special Forces and Delta which made her even more proud to think her husband could go through all that. She recalled that she had read once that the men learned how to compartmentalize their emotions when a man was killed so they could continue the mission, if they didn’t do that they would become emotional wrecks.
As the months went on and they found out Mel was pregnant again John’s mood changed from bored and moody to happiness and jovial. They were looking forward to having another baby, John and Mel were having a great time with Kai, they were fortunate that they could afford in home care for him and Mel’s mom who was retired also lived close so they had plenty of back up. John was engrossed in everything Kai up to this point, but she wished he spent more time out with friends the few that he had. She was still active with hers granted she had grown up in the area and John grew up in Colorado and moved here from North Carolina, she felt he missed the Army but never said anything about it.
With the new baby coming they spent the time getting everything ready, there would be no hand-me-downs from brother to sister, matter-of-fact Kai was still using most of his stuff. For the time being she would have to share a room with her brother until they moved into a larger home which they had talked about a lot more these days.
They were actually thinking about having a custom home built in Hayward which was about halfway between Berkeley and the Bay Area about thirty miles each way. As far as commutes were concerned it wasn’t that big a deal everyone had to travel to get to work here, especially if they wanted to afford a home.
They visited Hayward often over the months Mel was pregnant looking at various homes and empty lots in areas they believed that would be nice to raise a family. About a month before the baby was to be born they went ahead and did it, they bought a lot in Hayward, hired an architect and contractor to build them their house. Needless to say, there was a lot going on in their lives, it was wonderful, they both realized how
Chapter Twelve
Nineteen months after Kai was born they welcomed Morgan Ann Clayton she was born ten pounds eight ounces and two weeks late. The couple was elated to add her to their family, a little girl, for John she was a Minnie-me of her mom, he would treasure her and treat her like the princess she was. Starting today he said he would create his own “Rules for Dating My Daughter” and God help the poor bastard that broke them.
By this time tragedy had struck the Clayton household as Johns dad has passed away earlier in the year. He had Alzheimer’s and for the last few months of his life the quality of it was horrible. His mom couldn’t care for her husband and she had a whole host of medical problems herself. They had hired a homecare nurse to help with his care, but by the time he passed John reasoned it was time. One of the things that surprised Mel was that John showed absolutely no emotion when his dad passed away. She talked to him about it and all he said was that he saw it coming awhile back and he had time to think about it then and grieve about it months ago, so when his dad did pass he was ok with it, he was in a better place now.
Mel wasn’t sure that’s how he really felt; she had an idea his service in the Army made him feel certain ways about death. When she had found out about his past she secretly read everything she could about Army Special Forces and Delta which made her even more proud to think her husband could go through all that. She recalled that she had read once that the men learned how to compartmentalize their emotions when a man was killed so they could continue the mission, if they didn’t do that they would become emotional wrecks.
As the months went on and they found out Mel was pregnant again John’s mood changed from bored and moody to happiness and jovial. They were looking forward to having another baby, John and Mel were having a great time with Kai, they were fortunate that they could afford in home care for him and Mel’s mom who was retired also lived close so they had plenty of back up. John was engrossed in everything Kai up to this point, but she wished he spent more time out with friends the few that he had. She was still active with hers granted she had grown up in the area and John grew up in Colorado and moved here from North Carolina, she felt he missed the Army but never said anything about it.
With the new baby coming they spent the time getting everything ready, there would be no hand-me-downs from brother to sister, matter-of-fact Kai was still using most of his stuff. For the time being she would have to share a room with her brother until they moved into a larger home which they had talked about a lot more these days.
They were actually thinking about having a custom home built in Hayward which was about halfway between Berkeley and the Bay Area about thirty miles each way. As far as commutes were concerned it wasn’t that big a deal everyone had to travel to get to work here, especially if they wanted to afford a home.
They visited Hayward often over the months Mel was pregnant looking at various homes and empty lots in areas they believed that would be nice to raise a family. About a month before the baby was to be born they went ahead and did it, they bought a lot in Hayward, hired an architect and contractor to build them their house. Needless to say, there was a lot going on in their lives, it was wonderful, they both realized how
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