Word count 100

In 1991 my parents invited Sharon and I on a cruise to Hawaii and Tahiti, where we had never been.   This was during the run up to Desert Storm, the US invasion of Kuwait to liberate it from Iraq.  The trip was quite enjoyable, but what sticks in my mind was the sight of my mother crying on the deck when we received news of the invasion.  It saddened her to think of her three brothers going to war in the WWII Pacific and Korea.  Flying back to the mainland USA I imagined that the plane was filled with terrorists.

Appears in A Story In 100 Words. Inspired by another war, the one in Ukraine.