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
From Ritual to Reality: Because He Lives
My annual nostalgia of Easter now blossoms in reverse. My firstborn was killed in Afghanistan in the fall of 2011, the wild season of skeletal trees Continue Reading
#I Am Peace, #I Am Terror
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on February 4, 2015. Although the article refers to events occurring years ago, the premise of the article Continue Reading
Boer War to Blade Runner: A Soldier’s Assimilation Into Society
Boer War to Blade Runner: A Soldier's Assimilation Into Society by Jonathan Baxter, author of The Ghosts of Babylon As the New Year brings in topics Continue Reading
The Ghosts of Babylon: An Interview with Army Ranger Jonathan Baxter
Written from a fresh, bold perspective, in his new book The Ghosts of Babylon, an Army Ranger expresses the complex emotions all warriors feel while Continue Reading
What Parenting on Empty Taught Me about Resilience
Sizzling burnout, sleep deprivation, and physical illness triggered troublesome thoughts that hijacked my optimism, “I hate my life. I can’t do this Continue Reading
Stop Hurting and Retraumatizing Gold Star Parents
Stop Hurting and Retraumatizing Gold Star Parents by Scoti Domeij This first appeared in The Havok Journal October 27, 2016. It is republished Continue Reading
Was Nelson Mandela Wrong?
Was Nelson Mandela Wrong? by Scoti Domeij Homicide. No mother wants to read that on her firstborn’s death certificate. And there it was on my Continue Reading
COVID-19 Reality Check: Warning from the Lock Down in Italy
COVID-19 Reality Check: Warning from the Lock Down in Italy By Army Ranger Joe Lynch I can't believe how many naysayers and nonbelievers there Continue Reading
The State of Our Union: Politics Trumps Respect, Honor, and Sacrifice
The State of Our Union: Politics Trumps Respect, Honor, and Sacrifice by Scoti Domeij After Trump’s State of Continue Reading
Gold Star Single Mom to Tandem-Jump into Normandy During 75th D-Day Anniversary to Honor Fallen Son
When my firstborn, First Class Kristoffer Domeij, a 2/75 Army Ranger, was killed on his 14thdeployment in Afghanistan, never would I have dreamed I’d Continue Reading