Those who read this all the way through were there and knew it.  Those who did not read it or finish it would never understand it anyway.  It creates a “Damn, I wish I could say that” moment.  Thanks to the writer.

One portion talks about why I wrote several of the pieces I did:

“Serenity is earned by a lot of prayer and acceptance.

Acceptance is taking one step out of denial and accepting/allowing your  repressed, painful combat memories to be re-lived/suffered thru/shared with other combat vets – and thus de-fused.

Each time you accomplish this dreaded act of courage/desperation:

            the pain gets less;

            more tormenting combat demons hiding in the darkness of your gut  are thrown out into the healing sunlight of awareness, thereby disappearing them;

            the less bedeviling combat demons, the more serenity earned.”

Keep up the fight.

Bill Black