I remember the exact moment it happened. I had just wrapped up a week of intense learning at the Second Annual Twin Compass Writer’s Workshop. I was sitting under an Aspen tree in a camp chair, absorbing the crisp Colorado night. Gazing at the blazing stripe of the Milky Way in the southern sky, I…
This article was originally published in the Huffington Post on August 28, 2011: Torrey Shannon Advocate, Writer/Blogger, Speaker, wife of a Wounded Warrior Desperate “Housewives” Seek Help: Soldier Suicides Now at Epidemic Rate (VIDEO) Chronic post-service mental health problems like PTSD are injurious, disabling, and represent a significant public health problem. According to the…
A military wife (who wishes to remain anonymous) shared this letter with me. She gave me permission to reprint it** for the public to see, adding: “Post it on your wall, send it to the Huffington Post or another media outlet, write it on a bathroom stall. If you really think that it will touch…
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Thoughts of a TBI-PTSD Wife
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