The year was 2017. I was working the graveyard shift overseas in a hospital while serving in the U.S. Military. As you can imagine, overnight shifts tend to be slow… usually. One night, I randomly got the idea, “Hey while I have some downtime, why don’t I write something?” That’s the funny thing about working overnights. Your mind wanders.
I don’t know why the thought crossed my mind so suddenly. Maybe I was going crazy from lack of sunlight, or maybe my inner child was trying to remind me of my childhood dream of becoming an author. Who knows?
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