From stories about rural life to this not long after. What is this world, this life? Training surely gave you some preparation for such an experience and I suppose a lot of your conscious thoughts were to each detail of your surroundings. There must have been thoughts back to life before this. And then, it's over for you, continuing for others you knew.
Beyond my comprehension. But clearer now having read your words.
Does this soften your experiences of our crazy domestic world today? It's wacko but hardly like actual combat. Ones life has many elements and could be considered as a whole.
Thanks Richard. This would serve as such an engaging basis for an in-person conversation.
"And then, it's over for you, continuing for others..."
It wasn't over for me, but for the others, they were left there with a memory of me. I suffered a separation anxiety for the next 6 weeks, in and out of a couple army hospitals. I truly wanted to return to the place that we all had wished to get out of. At first I thought I'd return, naively believing in my ability to heal. I felt I belonged back with my "band of brothers."
Now, we're all anticipating (or blocking) how we'll handle whatever comes next in the news cycle. Our generation wasn't raised for this and now we have to figure it out. I sit and ponder this frequently. Will I see the chaos unfold before us? I have no fears about my own person but I do worry of the world my 4 grandsons are entering. We had it so rich!
Now I'm going out for a 1-mile power walk just to circulate my blood faster, more oxygen in the frontal lobe. Be well.
I know you were there.
From stories about rural life to this not long after. What is this world, this life? Training surely gave you some preparation for such an experience and I suppose a lot of your conscious thoughts were to each detail of your surroundings. There must have been thoughts back to life before this. And then, it's over for you, continuing for others you knew.
Beyond my comprehension. But clearer now having read your words.
Does this soften your experiences of our crazy domestic world today? It's wacko but hardly like actual combat. Ones life has many elements and could be considered as a whole.
I'm glad to have read this.
Thanks Richard. This would serve as such an engaging basis for an in-person conversation.
"And then, it's over for you, continuing for others..."
It wasn't over for me, but for the others, they were left there with a memory of me. I suffered a separation anxiety for the next 6 weeks, in and out of a couple army hospitals. I truly wanted to return to the place that we all had wished to get out of. At first I thought I'd return, naively believing in my ability to heal. I felt I belonged back with my "band of brothers."
Now, we're all anticipating (or blocking) how we'll handle whatever comes next in the news cycle. Our generation wasn't raised for this and now we have to figure it out. I sit and ponder this frequently. Will I see the chaos unfold before us? I have no fears about my own person but I do worry of the world my 4 grandsons are entering. We had it so rich!
Now I'm going out for a 1-mile power walk just to circulate my blood faster, more oxygen in the frontal lobe. Be well.
RIVETING!!!!!