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Changes to you, actually
If you have been caring for someone for more than a few years, it doesn’t take long before you notice little things such as soreness in your neck, shoulders, etc. from how you sit everyday at doctor appointments or how you position yourself behind the wheel of the car. Much…
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A day in the life
A Day in the life As I was going through my documents to prepare for meeting with ourrepresentatives in Congress, I saw this story. I had written this for afreelance job, but it was not published. On this day, I am now fifty-one and my aunt has moved up into…
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Time for a change
It breaks my heart as I am reflecting on today’s American culture and what it was like in 1992. Sadly, many of the song lyrics in Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black still ring true. I remember thinking how much still needed to be fixed back then and…
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Ten
Ten years ago I got a call while at work from Red Cross that changed the life of my family forever. Todd was deployed to Afghanistan as a Calvary Scout with the US Army in Ghazni. Several times the mission got called off, because air support was being tied up…
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Number 9
Yesterday 9 years have passed since my husband was almost taken away from me twice and a bomb literally blew apart life as we all knew it. I didn’t know quite how I was going to write about this as no one wants to read something depressing. I don’t want…
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Five Year Evals
November of 2017 was a challenging month. We had our bank account hacked by a thief and after that experience, I was particularly paranoid about anything financially-oriented at that time. Todd is pretty sharp, but often he is fatigued and he always wants to help whomever he speaks with. We…
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PLIGHT
If you have made it this far, you are wondering what in the heck this subject heading is about. Sure, I made it obscure, but after the past half of a year of watching my husband and seeing what is going on with his health, I had to comment. After…
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My man got blown up in Afghanistan and all I got is this crummy case of secondary PTSD and severe insomnia. Give me your free stuff.
My spouse got blown up in Afghanistan and all I got is this crummy case of secondary PTSD and severe insomnia. Forget the T-shirt! Give me your free stuff. Let me bleed your non-profit dry. America owes us. Six years ago we were newbies to the whole wounded veteran community. There…
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Alive Day
So, how does one celebrate an Alive Date? Especially when the warrior refuses? In our situation, my husband Todd was wounded on 10/16/2009 in Afghanistan. He almost did not make it to Landshtul, let alone back to US soil. It was our fifteen year wedding anniversary when I received the…
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Home Depot Foundation renovation project
Back in October, I was at a Wounded Warrior Project event for wives of wounded service members in Utah. They were an amazing bunch of wives. I was in my bedroom one night sleepily checking Facebook as I am part of a few closed pages that serve as resources for…
Warrior's Wife Adventure 