This is Chapter 1 in our Mighty MilSpouse Retirement Memoir, a monthly series written in real-time by military spouse Lindsay ...

I joined the marching band and concert band in high school and the ... sounding percussive like a snare drum with a wire brush. You've written two operas, but you've written more than a dozen ...

I joined the marching band and concert band in high ... sounding percussive like a snare drum with a wire brush. You've written two operas, but you've written more than a dozen concertos.

Photo courtesy of the author, taken by Allie Lucas, The Heritage Lens.