Category: Picker

  • Go or No-Go for the holidays (FP, 2014)

    Go or No-Go for the holidays (FP, 2014)

    It was just before Thanksgiving and I was wondering if I would hear from Mr. FP as the plan was for him to come and stay with me. So, I waited to hear….and waited some more…and then it was Thanksgiving Day….and there was no word from him. I was hurt, of course I was hurt.…

  • Let the games begin (FP, 2014)

    Let the games begin (FP, 2014)

    I’ve left Mr. Fighter Pilot in Fallon, NV and traveled home to Florida. Let the head games begin… We would talk every day and a few times he came back to Florida to see his kids and to finalize his divorce. Of course he stayed with me when he came into town but we would…

  • Arriving to Fallon, NV – home of TOP GUN (FP, 2015)

    Arriving to Fallon, NV – home of TOP GUN (FP, 2015)

    OK – the last we visited Mr. FP I was driving across the country with him as he was being stationed in Fallon, NV at TOP GUN. Yes, it’s true. He was going to be an instructor pilot at TOP GUN. The drive there was pretty non-eventful. We stopped in Texas to visit his mother…

  • Broken Picker: The Cooper Chronicles

    Broken Picker: The Cooper Chronicles

    Ask and you shall receive! That’s right – short stories coming your way. Do you remember when you were young, talking with your friends about the “type” of boyfriend or girlfriend you wanted to date? Back when you’re 12 years old, the characteristics were always physical – blonde hair, blue eyes, short, tall, etc. I…

  • Road Trippin?! Maybe…(FP, 2015)

    What happened after I put the kaleidoscope glasses back on once I received the email from Mr. Fighter Pilot proclaiming his never-ending love for me? Well, let me tell you….we had about a 7-hour phone call talking about everything that had gone wrong. BUT – it wasn’t without him making sure that I needed to…