When Is Summer Months -

“When is summer months?”

Today, the shed door creaked open. Not Leo. A young man in a crisp uniform, duffel bag over his shoulder, a familiar gap-toothed smile. Sam.

“Gramps,” Sam said, voice thick. “You asked when is summer months?” when is summer months

Now, the calendar still showed July. Seven years ago’s July. Leo never turned the page after the news came.

Leo nodded, tears spilling down the furrows of his cheeks. “When is summer months

It wasn’t that Leo had forgotten. It was that his grandson, Sam, had asked him the question seven years ago, on the day before he left for deployment. Sam had been six, holding a melted popsicle, staring at the same calendar.

The old, dusty calendar hung on the nail in the shed, its edges curled from humidity and neglect. Every day, Leo would shuffle out here, run a finger over the dates, and ask the same question. Seven years ago’s July

Leo blinked, mouth opening and closing. “The calendar… I was just…”