Shore LeaveKADE DRILLER Ten years is too long to be working on the rig and I know it. Im not sure how much more my body can take, but I keep going out for months at a time because its the only way I know how to support my mom and sisters. But theyre growing up and my mom needs to get over her dislike of the DSMC; all they want to do is help her. I havent had much of a reason to stay on solid ground, other than my club brothers, but everything changed during my

I’m lucky because I knew where I need to go

there’s nothing that can keep us away or stop us from spending the night with her

My job is to make sure that filming the movie goes smoothly

I have a job I love in a new city and I’m settling in

That thought is as sobering as the realization that random women don’t hold the same appeal that they used to

More than that

She’s ours

If I can get through this holiday season unscathed

When he tells me I’m his

she’ll come to me for help

cotton webbing straps

Just one night…or so I thought