for two years...

tiny · Dec 16, 2010

This isn't my accomplishment but I've been telling my hubs he should write about his experiences with PTSD and Iraq for two years. He finally did and allowed me to share his piece on the war trauma site I write for.

http://www.notalone.com/Site/Blogs.aspx?id=6

There were no letters home. No sharply uniformed soldiers knocking on a loved one's door. There was no drill team toting my flag-draped carcass off an airplane. No flag was handed off to my grieving mother by my commander. None of that. Those guys are the lucky ones. They did their job then left it behind to go to heaven or to be reincarnated or whatever construct they had made for themselves in the afterlife. I've held the hand and brushed back the hair of countless men and tried to comfort them as they left my futile struggle with God. Is it wrong that I harbor a great deal of resentment for not having the same luxury?

I'm so proud of his courage I had to share.

firedrake · Dec 16, 2010

I'm crying here.

Wow.Just.Wow.

I hope the writing will help him in some way, I really do.

Hugs to you both, you're amazing, the pair of you.

regdog · Dec 16, 2010

Well done. And congrats to him for having the courage to write it.

Calla Lily · Dec 16, 2010

Amazing. Thank you and thank him for us.

Phaeal · Dec 16, 2010

Tell him to keep going. A lot of people need to know about his experience and his perceptions. Rarely have the sacrifices of war fallen onto so small a percentage of the population...

Sweet Tea · Dec 16, 2010

So very touching - I too offer my gratitude to your husband.

Rowan · Dec 16, 2010

The power of the written word.

Thank him for both his service, and for his willingness to share what was undoubtedly a very haunting experience.

Semper Fi

Mr Flibble · Dec 16, 2010

Rowan said:
The power of the written word.

Thank him for both his service, and for his willingness to share what was undoubtedly a very haunting experience.

Semper Fi

This. I'm am choking up very badly, and please, thank him for us, for everyone. He's not forgotten. I would have left a comment but IR Technonoob(tm) couldn't figure out how to, so I repped you my comment.

tiny · Dec 16, 2010

Thanks, everyone. I'm so happy he let me post his piece. He's even warming up to the thought of writing now and again for the site.

honeysock · Dec 16, 2010

Thanks for this, and thank him. It needs to be read. Mind if I spread it around a bit?

for two years...

tiny

riding the sun

firedrake

practical experience, FTW

regdog

The Scavengers

Calla Lily

On hiatus

Phaeal

Whatever I did, I didn't do it.

Sweet Tea

Gone to pee - don't touch my glass!

Rowan

Mr Flibble

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

tiny

riding the sun

honeysock

Tell me to leave. Please.