Not For Attribution

I just got back from a refreshing trip back to Spokane. This is the longest I’ve gone without going home, so it was nice to be back. It was great to be in Spokane, sleep at home and see my family and my dog, who is now very large.

But I went through hell to get there. Read on for the pain.

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Things change quickly. Today was slow until about two,then it went crazy. I am going to a public hearing on land use tomorrow. But now, I have a couple other assignments. One is rough,the other is probably the biggest story I will have ever written.
The first is an obit about a woman who was crushed by a horse. Her and her family bought a ranch about one year ago and had been working on it. They were set to move in within two weeks. I interviewed the woman’s mom and she was sobbing the entire time. It is tough yet fulfilling at the same time.
The other one, however, is kind of scaring me, but I am excited to write it. I am going to McChord AFB to watch a Marine honor guard present their fallen comrade,in a flag-draped coffin, to his parents. His dad is a Seattle fireman and so there will be a procession from McChord to the funeral home with Marine, police and fire vehicles. And the Marines with watch over the coffin at the funeral home. It’s not “Final Salute,” but I need to and am going to treat it as the most important story I will ever write. I owe it to this Marine and his family to honor him and his service with my words. But I am going to have to compete with Seattle TVs as well as the Times and thw P-I. So, I am going to have a bit of a day tomorrow.