Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns the characters. I'm just using them to tell my story.

These are the other August Drabble Wars stories. You can find the links to the Drabble Wars Forum and Drabble Wars Community on my profile, there you can find the specific links to each story.

Sticks and Stones (Continued) by TrueEnglishRose

"Sticks and stones may break our bones... but Bella will surely kill us." What happens when an overprotective father sends his innocent baby girl to a private self-defense course run by a gay man? Oh if he only knew what he was paying for! Edward and Jasper aren't the only ones who have something to teach, seems Bella does as well... the art of patience.

In Plain Sight by MinaWritesSlash

When Jasper finds out his sister is dead, he knows that there's more than meets the eye behind the events. With a degenerative eyesight condition, Jasper will try to uncover what really happened that stormy night, while at the same time trying to adapt to a world of darkness. Slash/Thriller/Angst

The Fixer by Sway in the Moonlight

They say nice guys finish last. Well, Edward Cullen's the ultimate "nice guy." So nice, in fact, that he's made a career of it.

The New House by Anabella Cullen P

What would you do if a ghost fell in love with your boyfriend? Moving out is not an option.

The Experiments by Mona Rider & TwiLighT7242

In the late '80s, nestled in the Olympic peninsula, seven families in a small town named Forks, were blessed with twins. Eighteen years later, these teenagers aren't as ordinary as they once thought.

QueenOfThePack

(Pending)

My entry:

A Soldier's Heart by Twi-Mom12292005 (Dawn Bowers)

This is letters, emails, shared between a man and a woman. One's overseas fighting for our country and the other is here at home waiting patiently for their other half to come home soon. I'm going to leave you guessing which one is the service member. Please take your time and enjoy this story, as it holds a special place in my heart.

Thanks to my pre-reader WantstobeaCullen

And my pre-reader/beta Anabella Cullen P

You ladies rock…

And thanks to all the wonderful people over on Facebook for encouraging me.

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Babe,

Here it is. You have only been gone less than 24 hrs. And I'm already writing my first letter. I know I won't be able to send it for at least 2 weeks, but it makes it easier for me to go on and write now than to keep everything bottled up.

Every one called and made sure you got off all right, and asked about me and Masen. Were fine, it's kinda quiet though. Masen woke up from his nap and went straight to your office and sat in your chair. I think he knows, but he's only four what can he really know, right? He hasn't asked about you yet, but I know that as soon as he does It's going to be hard to explain and get it to where he under-stands. This is the first deployment you have had since he was born.

Do you remember how scared we both were? All the advice we got from friends, family, and the doctors, helped. But no one can help us now. I'm a single parent at least for the next 12 months. I know you've said that's not true before. I know I can ask your parents, my parents, or any of our friends for help. I mean it's just us two and its going to take some time to get used to it.

I lay in bed last night and curled up with your pillow and cried until I fell asleep. I know I promised I would be strong when I was seeing you off, but after I got Masen off to bed and had that little time to myself it all just hit me. You're going to miss our son's 5th birthday, first day of school, our anniversary, and so much more. I know we can skype on those days or at least try to, and I will capture all of it on video so you can at least see it as it happened.

I'm not going to spend every day or night crying over you being gone. I'm going to get out and do things, visit people, being the best parent I can be until you're back home with us.

love you. I will be sending you a care package next month, so as soon as you can, let me know what you want/need. I'm going to end this here. Masen is begging to go out and play.

XoXoXo