by Jenna Warnock Stress isn’t inherently bad. We have given it a negative connotation because where it screams the loudest. In the workplace, with Continue Reading
Veterans
The Physically Wounded: Who Are You Now?
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta Reque-Dragicevic's blog "Life After War" on October 10, 2012, and is republished with Continue Reading
Where Beauty is Found in War
I'm behind a tree no bigger around than my fist with branches breaking and dirt flying. In a fleeting moment I hardly ever share, a grin spreads Continue Reading
For Veterans on Christmas
Twas the night before ChristmasBombs fell everywhereThe horrors and carnageSo very few shared Our country was snuggledAsleep in their bedsWhile Continue Reading
Psych Ward Christmas
This first appeared in Frank’s blog on December 27, 2021. It is republished here with the author’s permission. __________________ Damn, it Continue Reading
Blessings and Curses of the Phantom
It shifts from one domain to another. It shifts to and from my thoughts, actions, and words. It is the friendly remnants of the Continue Reading
For Those Mourning Loss This Holiday Season
“It is not our job to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, and be born again, drawing up from the great roots.” -- Robert Continue Reading
Just a Dream
If I die in this godforsaken country, I swear that I will come back and haunt somebody! I think to myself as the sound of my heart beating frantically Continue Reading
Friends Lost in the Sandbox
by Vincent Johnson I am no special operator, ranger, or grunt of sorts. I never get why so many people I speak to about military service feel they Continue Reading
When You’re No Longer Part of the Machine
I’ve read accounts where amputees will feel sensations where their missing limbs used to be. One of the phrases describing it is “Phantom Pain.” The Continue Reading
The Only Way to Understand It… is to Live It
Each drop seemed to bring a sense of chaotic peace. It seems to always take me back to another time in another life. I sat and sifted through my Continue Reading
An Arm’s Length Away
As the world came crashing down, those men did what they do best, they fought on. They fought to preserve that which others sought to take. They Continue Reading