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Week 1
Tennessee and Afghanistan
It’s Giving Tuesday. I am giving to Wreaths Across America and Fisher House in memory and honor of some wonderful men.
It is time for the Department of Veterans Affairs to start answering questions and change the way they are doing things.
Today, I’m sending all the good thoughts I can muster to Merrill Newman and his family. Hoping for his safe return, soon.
you were in and i was out…
I was watching reunion porn (military homecomings) on Nightline a few minutes ago. It made me sad because it reminded me of the things I don’t like about the military or the military community. This particular segment referenced military wives with children and pretty houses missing their spouses. Don’t get me wrong, being separated from someone you care about is difficult. And it’s even more difficult when you know your loved one is often in dangerous situations. I feel like the news would have you believe that somehow because you have children it must be more difficult or because you don’t it must be easier. But that is not the case.
What I didn’t like about the segment is that it was a reminder of being left out. Zach and I do not have children and because of that we or I get left out of a lot of things. In the military, companies have Family Readiness Groups (FRGs), which would have you believe that it is some makeshift family unit. In my experience, it has never been that. They, the FRG, often centers around children, and people with children. And I am not one of them. They also made mention of all the troops coming home and how many are left, but they forgot to talk about the ones that just left, and what they left behind.
We had roughly 5 different deployment dates. Originally, we planned that I would move home after finals and before Zach deploys. But because the date was moved up, he left early. And I am left here. Military life makes it extremely difficult to make or maintain meaningful connections, with new friends and old friends. I’ve been away from home so long now that I’ve missed too many things with my old friends to really be a part of that group anymore. And we just moved here about 5 months ago and I haven’t really met many people. I don’t have anyone. It’s too big of a project to try to move alone.
So, it’s officially Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for my family, to include Monkey, the ultimate battle buddy. I’m thankful to be in college. I’m thankful to have somewhere to live and food to eat. And I know any day we live to tell about is a good day, but I’m still sad.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Kinfolk Saturdays: Flying High from Kinfolk (kinfolk.com) on Vimeo.
Primordial —- Yellowstone / Grand Tetons from Voortex Productions on Vimeo.
wait for one more…
however far away…
too many moons…
information travels faster…
wait for me…
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