Every morning about 6am our youngest child, Gabriel, pitter-patters his two year old feet down the stairs from his bedroom to tell stories to our dog, Leanna. Every morning. He will march to the corner of the living room where Leanna is asleep in her bed and he’ll cuddle up…
“Our starting point is always wrong. Instead of beginning with ourselves, we always want to change others first and ourselves last. If everyone would begin first with themselves, then there would be peace all around!” Thaddeus of Vitovnica, from Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder…
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was probably the greatest war poet. He was killed in battle just a week before WW1 ended and his untimely death more than anything is probably the reason he didn’t receive the same fame as his friend and fellow poet, Siegfried Sassoon. His life ended at just…
How about a veteran revolution? We live in such a black and white world, that it seems everything is a two-sided argument. In the middle of these verbal battles though we can forget there are people. I see it everyday with veterans and issues like PTSD. The government spends millions,…
A poem of hope for some new friends, and all my comrades in the fight for hope. I couldn’t sleep last night, and I thought of all of those struggling with the same thing, but without the support I receive from my incredible wife and family that makes sure my…
This past week I was the opening speaker for a PTSD event in my own backyard of Kokomo, Indiana at Indiana University Kokomo. It was called “Responding to PTSD – It takes a Village” and was put on by the North Central Indiana Area Health Education Center or AHEC. They…
