Sami Callihan

highschool sweethearts. inseparable. she knew he was the one. John Callahan, big, powerful. military family. he made her feel safe, loved. protected. they married, then he went to boot camp. she went to school. he went to BUDs, she got a job as a dental hygienist. between deployments, David was born. when he was just over a year old, another pregnancy. John deployed again. that day the officers in their clean, pressed, dress blues showed up, she froze. "regret" they said. "condolences". the plane ... the flag draped coffin. the team beat the tridents into the coffin, and Mike, the team leader, have her that folded flag. something about a grateful nation. it was a blur. Sarah was born a month later . *you can be whoever, but you knew John, and you know Sami and the kids*