This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 27, 2016 My annual nostalgia of Easter now blossoms in reverse. My firstborn was killed in Continue Reading
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Do You Love Yourself Enough?
February 14th observes the ultimate, hyped-up holiday of ‘love.’ My first Valentine’s Day after discovering my husband’s unfaithfulness, he spewed, Continue Reading
What a Runner Could Learn from a Ranger Mom
by Kenneth Posner A long time ago, I was a U.S. Army Ranger. It was just about the toughest thing I ever did. Honestly, I wasn’t very good; my path Continue Reading
“Sex is Like a Cheeseburger”: The National Sexual Menu
Sex is like a cheeseburger. Today’s X-rated society has reduced sex to the value of a fast food cheeseburger—hot, fast and cheap. Order it any way you Continue Reading
Motherhood and Brotherhood: A Simple Heartfelt Thank You
As a Gold Star mom, I often wonder whether my mind will ever stop trying its best to reject the “ultimate bereavement.” Words spoken to me by soldiers Continue Reading
Gold-Star Mom Jumps from Plane… with Team of Veterans into Normandy to Commemorate D-Day, Her Late Son’s Memory
This article was first published in August of 2019 and is republished with permission by Kate Ketschek [Seattle, WA, May 2, 2019]—An elite team of Continue Reading
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen
Tandem-jumping into Normandy with Army Rangers who served with my son, Sgt. First Class Kristoffer Domeij, to honor the fallen at the 2019, 75th D-Day Continue Reading
Killjoys and Blessings Only Make Me Stronger
As a free-spirited, artsy-fartsy civilian who has no clue how to salute, I’m not always in tune with or understand the military culture or protocol. Continue Reading
The Poetry of Military Vernacular: Randy Brown’s “Welcome to FOB Haiku”
Book Review: Jonathan Baxter, author of "The Ghosts of Babylon" In Welcome to FOB Haiku: War Poems From Inside the Wire, author Randy Brown, “Charlie Continue Reading
COVID-19 Changed Me
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 20, 2020. How has Covid changed you? Little things make me realize how Coronavirus has changed me. Continue Reading
COVID-19 Global Reality Check: What’s Really Essential?
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 23, 2020. The issues discussed are timeless. Americans fight similar, but also different emotional Continue Reading
“Never Forget”: Rising Up to Call Genocide ‘Genocide’
I’ll never forget standing outside the gates of the Mauthausen concentration camp to tour the prison camp at noontime. The tour guards said, “We’re Continue Reading