The Marine Corps ring

Bex Hall
2 min readFeb 16, 2022
Mom’s USMC ring

Camp Lejeune

34° 43’ 29.4996”N, 77° 20’ 39.4764”W

Mom joined the marines on her 18th birthday, finished boot camp at Parris Island, and stationed at Camp Lejeune, where she met Dad.

It was around this time, 59 years ago, a Saturday night in mid-February when dad told mom he was Catholic and he knew a certain method. She, being in love or in lust, (or maybe both)…

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Bex Hall

Bex is an artist who writes and a writer who arts. Current WIP: memoir about cheating death, 2nd chances & the power of kindness. Blogs at bexhall.com.