Write About What You Know

It’s a surprise to me that this is something I know. I am living with war, or rather, the sequellae of war. I decided that, maybe, if I wrote down what I have learned, it might be helpful.

I am the wife of someone with PTSD. I am a person in my own right, happy in my work. But, every day I watch my spouse, who has struggled for 40 years to approach normalcy, face his demons.

You cannot take 20 year olds, teach them to kill, and expect they will become civilized beings if they survive. By definition, you have disabled them.