If we watch the news on TV or pay attention to it on the Internet, we recognise that they only focus on what is bad. In fact, it can be rather depressing when we hear bad news over and over again and we might start feeling as if there is nothing good happening in the … Read more
The world we live in certainly has changed in recent years. It seems as if people are split on many different issues, and one of them is the way that military personnel should be treated. Some people give them respect because of the job that they do but others don’t treat them with any respect … Read more
The following post, which was published on Craigslist Boston a couple of weeks ago, details the day a Vietnam veteran met a woman while wandering around in the rain. I met you in the rain on the last day of 1972, the same day I resolved to kill myself. One week prior, at the behest of Richard … Read more
I walked out of Wal Mart today and got in my car. As I began to pull out, I had to wait for a man in a wheelchair to pass by. As I watched him, I noticed that he was missing his right leg from the knee down and was wearing, what appeared to be, … Read more
So I am at Home Depot today and the older gentleman in front of me shows his ID for a veterans discount. The clerk tells him he does not qualify for a discount so the gentleman asked to see a manager. They ask me to go to another line because this may take a few … Read more
First off a little back story. My husband is a 27 year old Iraq veteran. He was injured while on patrol, and has a severe spinal injury, a leg injury, a traumatic brain injury, and severe post traumatic stress disorder. (Who wouldn’t after being blown up?) He can walk for short periods of time, with … Read more