Cremation or burial? Talk about funeral arrangements.Every FBI agent has to think about it a little bit. Most people in public service, I imagine. We have to, because every day there's the distinct possibility that we could lose our lives. I used to joke I'd just like to have my ashes scattered at Camden Yards. Never mind that it's incredibly ( Read more... )

RP Prompt: Prom Night. Relive your prom the way you wanted if you've passed that stage.Stark's prom night had been one of the best nights of her then-young life. She, her boyfriend, and her best friends had all gone together and enjoyed themselves, capped off by a drunken rendition of Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now." It had been so much ( Read more... )

Thirteen things to live for.01. My husband ( Read more... )

What do you think?...also known as "one of Stark's most community used phrases." (Which also includes, "I'm going to the Orioles game," "what the heck is going on here," and references to my husband and Josh Hamilton ( Read more... )

Ten moments you wouldn't mind reliving.Surprisingly, after all the hard cases, trying times, and brushes with the unknown, those aren't the things I remember most. The moments I would want to relive are the small ones, the ones that helped me through, the ones that in retrospect mean much more than I thought ( Read more... )

Schadenfreude.The day they convicted the people that killed my father and two other DOJ agents, I had a conversation with my ex-boyfriend. Davon had moved south to go to college at LSU, but he had flown back to Baltimore to support me and my family. He was sitting there next to me as they read the verdict, and he wondered why I didn't say anything ( Read more... )

"You must train your intuition -- you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide."At the moment of truth, I always heard my father ( Read more... )

Ten things you love about your significant other or best friend.01. Underneath all that testosterone, he's a romantic. Our house has a picket fence, for crying out loud. And I didn't put it there ( Read more... )

It was her husband's birthday. Though Stark and John had celebrated birthdays together before, this was their first time celebrating either of their birthdays as a couple. So she thought it was important. She had gone and bought him something, and then she wanted to do something to celebrate ( Read more... )

Who are you involved with romantically?
Uh, obviously, my husband John. Yeah. Wedding ring on my finger makes that kind of obvious, right?

Is the relationship satisfying?
More than I ever thought love could be. And that's saying something, because I'm probably one of the sappiest romantics on the planet.

Do you think that you make enough time for ( Read more... )