Disclaimer: They weren’t mine when I began writing this a hundred years ago, and they’re still not mine.
Author Notes: Feedback is always welcome at dcamp@wheelerlegal.com
There! I hope I’ve got babies out of my system! I’ve discovered that I enjoy writing Harm and Mac *becoming* a
couple much more than I like writing them *as* a couple. Maybe TPTB are on to something. Nah! Couldn’t be.
*Could they?*
Anyway, just so there are no threads left hanging and I won’t feel even remotely like writing yet another installment
to this never-ending thing, let me explain to you what happened to the Rabb clan.
Sabbrina Harmony Rabb grew up and became a Marine, just as she always insisted she would. She went to law school,
just like her mother, and became part of the JAG corps upon her graduation. She married when she was thirty-two,
and she and her Marine husband had two children (a boy and a girl).
Harmon Matthew Rabb joined the Navy and (surprise, surprise) went to flight school, making him the fourth generation
Rabb to fly for his country. He was never quite as good as his father, but he loved flying just as much. He married
late (at age 38), and he and his wife had one child, a boy (as it turns out, the only male heir to carry the name).
Molly Mackenzie Rabb remained very close to her mother throughout her life. She was the first of Harm and Mac’s
children to not choose a military career. She attended a local college (so she could live at home – the thought of
leaving her mother was very disturbing to her) and became an elementary school teacher. She married right out of
college (another educator), and they bought a house about a mile from the Rabbs’ old schoolhouse. Molly produced
six children, just as her mother had, except her ratio was exactly the opposite (four boys, two girls).
Emily Patricia Rabb went into the law, but not through the military. She graduated number two in her class from
Harvard Law and became a very influential corporate lawyer in the DC area later in her career. She never married,
claiming she never had the time.
Grace Michelle Rabb also joined the Navy, and she also went to flight school. She *was* every bit as good as her
father in the air, and she received two DFC’s to prove it. She was in the group of flyers that began training in
the Navy’s newest class of fighters, using thought technology to help fly the plane. (I know, it sounds farfetched,
but remember this is quite a few years in the future.) In spite of her career, she *did* find the time to marry, a
banker who stayed at home in Baltimore with their three children (all girls).
Thomas Franklin Rabb, the youngest of the Rabbs, also went into the Navy. He followed in his older sister’s
footsteps and went to law school. He joined JAG and quickly moved up the ladder. He made Admiral at a young age
and was appointed the JAG at the age of 55. He never married.
Harm and Mac lived to a ripe old age in the same house where they raised all of their children. They took great
pride in their children’s accomplishments and enjoyed their grandchildren immensely. They died within a month of
each other. Mac went first, at the age of 84. Without his life’s anchor, Harm quickly faded, and at the age of 88,
he re-joined his wife. They are buried side by side, with all of eternity to fulfill "The Promise".