The Life Vista

My name is Marina Holt. I am 37 years old and I serve as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy specializing in intelligence and linguistic operations....

My name is Mara Ellison. I am 36 years old, a former US Army captain with 14 years of service, including deployments in Kandahar and Fallujah. I have...

My name is Mara Vellan. I am thirty-seven years old. And until five minutes ago, everyone at the embassy gala thought I was just a server. The ballroom...

My name is Colonel Helena Vance. I am 53 years old, retired, United States Marine Corps. Three decades of service, eight overseas deployments, one shattered knee, and apparently,...

My name is Mara Voss, and I am sixty-one years old. I was once a colonel in the United States Marine Corps. For more than three decades, I...

My name is Elena Carver. I am 36. I work as a security and protective operations specialist who once wore Air Force blue. Tonight, I walk into a...

My name is Elena Vance. I am 38, a decorated general, retired, but still called upon in emergencies. Today I walked into a wedding where my name was...

The moment my daughter cut into the cake, blue frosting spilled across the silver knife—and Natalie burst into tears so suddenly that fifty people went quiet. Her husband,...

The smell of burning meat disappeared the instant my skin hit the grate. One second, my husband, Brandon, was complaining that the steaks were overcooked. The next, his...