I was so overwhelmed by the time the WWII veterans arrived I could no longer concentrate on the camera settings or my job there. So I tried to take pictures but most did not take of their return, but should that be that may. I got many contacts and wonderful photos, met some incredible people and have interviews in waiting. So many veterans want to share their stories, I am so blessed to have the gift of
cynosure (please read the whole definition, I'm not as narcissistic as the first few lines might indicate...lol).
Don't I have to be a little narcissistic to want to be on TV, radio or whatever forum or medium to shout our message? Don't I? Well I will also throw in a dash of honor, courage, duty and service whenever I can. Otherwise I will be yelling at em until they listen and I insist on my continued influence of the conversation on a national level on Combat PTSD and its effects on families and communities...I am ready people.
Every time I listen to that inner voice that says, "I must for I act." Today that means the mobilization of our communities to help our returning veterans come home safely. They need not end up homeless, incarcerated, suicidal or homicidal and thrown away in the increasing numbers we see today. We must as communities organize ourselves, we cannot afford to wait. The time has come to mobilize the most massive civilian relief effort within our homeland since we first asked our American Natives for help.
Today I carry that warrior spirit with me, my grandmother was Cherokee here in Kentucky. She was a child on the trail of tears, when my mother (I just worked through an issue with my mom, thank you God) would tell that story she could not help but weep as I do today. I have not confirmed, but my father told me that we were related to the local legend Robert E. Lee and have been impacted in from this side of the family. A local 'Hatfield and McCoy' merger, lol, man I'm a true Kentucky Colonel.
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Jun 27 2010, 03:32 PM
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PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective