Mexican Guitar

The Master Sergeant was respected and decorated, but calloused to troops and family. After three military conflicts, his marriage reflected the battlefields of Europe, Korea and Vietnam. Always on guard for crises, with no patience for foolishness his approval was so unattainable that "The Others" finally had to reject him. Phillip, must have been standing too close to The Master Sergeant in those days because the blast from that final conflict dislocated him and his rejected and flawed father. On the outside looking in everywhere they went, they began a traumatic surreal Spiritual adventure. Everyone touching their lives became obligated to a promise made to God. Phillip, who now believed he also was flawed, had as good an attitude as a tolerated kid could manage. And manage he must now that his reject of a father became a Christian for his son's sake. How could God be real if presented by a compromised agnostic, a hypocrite. The once heroic Master Sergeant had fallen. Everyone he befriended should be suspected, everyone who regretted this fallen hero should be considered an ally. Purchased in scenic Juarez Mexico, Phillip held on tightly to his only friend The Mexican Guitar. and Only his friend could bring adventure and comfort back into his life. Only his friend could open doors that no one else even knew about. Without much to look forward to, a tourist souvenir, a pretend musical instrument, became a journey of hope. Mexican Guitar is the way out every young boy ever hoped for.