I am an Army Brat...and lost My Dad a year ago. He was 93 years old; my person; my connection to who and why I am me😢. Thank You for Understanding me❣️🙏❤️ God Bless You❣️❣️🙏
Oh wow. Thank you for sharing that. How precious to have him for so many years - but that doesn't make the loss easier, does it? Blessings to you, too. 💗
This is powerful. We are a military family too, and I really felt your words about the invisible emotional toll, the waiting, and the complexity military families carry. You wrote about that liminal space with so much compassion and truth.
Thank you! I'm so glad this landed well with you and felt honoring of your lived experience. Thank you for all you do and the sacrifices your family makes.
Hi, Dr. Deborah! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and sharing such a vital topic. This is a very informative and eye-opening piece! Everyone needs to read it!
Deborah, thank you for writing on this important topic. Military families go through so much! I really appreciate the care and understanding your article displayed.
Thank you to you and your husband for all the sacrifice on our behalf!
Thank you! My husband left the military for other government service long ago, and has since left that too. For us, it's a distancing memory. For many others, it's a tense present reality.
Beautifully put, Deborah. We don't talk nearly enough about this kind of vicarious trauma and ambiguous loss ❤
It's too easy to dismiss thinking about this when we're anti-war - but that's not fair either. Thank you for reading!
For all those who suffer this trauma
I thank you with an open heart, grateful for the freedom I benefit from. I pray that in someway .. you
feel comfort , safe now and patient care that satisfies and brings joy
Amen!
Thank you for outlining things that I loosely understood but fully grasp.
Thank you for reading and considering!
My heart goes out to all of you. I pray for supernatural peace to flood their souls and healing and wish understanding from the society.
Yes, Amen. 🙏🩵
With a son in the Navy, I can definitely relate to this. Thankfully, my son is safe right now. But that could change.
I hope it does not change. 🙏
HI Deborah
I shared this essay with my military friends.
Thanks for writing!
Thank you for sharing! I hope it lands softly with them.
I am an Army Brat...and lost My Dad a year ago. He was 93 years old; my person; my connection to who and why I am me😢. Thank You for Understanding me❣️🙏❤️ God Bless You❣️❣️🙏
Oh wow. Thank you for sharing that. How precious to have him for so many years - but that doesn't make the loss easier, does it? Blessings to you, too. 💗
Amen 💕
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This is powerful. We are a military family too, and I really felt your words about the invisible emotional toll, the waiting, and the complexity military families carry. You wrote about that liminal space with so much compassion and truth.
Thank you! I'm so glad this landed well with you and felt honoring of your lived experience. Thank you for all you do and the sacrifices your family makes.
Hi, Dr. Deborah! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and sharing such a vital topic. This is a very informative and eye-opening piece! Everyone needs to read it!
Thank you, Jessica! I appreciate you sharing it, too. 🙏
anytime, of course!!
Another profoundly insightful essay. So needed in this time, for all of us to understand the ongoing trauma of our service members and their families.
Thank you, Mimi! I hope bridges of understanding help create a world of increased mutual support and kindness.
Deborah, thank you for writing on this important topic. Military families go through so much! I really appreciate the care and understanding your article displayed.
Thank you to you and your husband for all the sacrifice on our behalf!
Thank you! My husband left the military for other government service long ago, and has since left that too. For us, it's a distancing memory. For many others, it's a tense present reality.