“The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head. There is the illusion of aliveness.” Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried
“But real life doesn’t travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn’t necessarily have that ‘all lived happily ever after’ bit. You have to work on where you’re going.” Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
LINK TO GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN PLEASE SHARE The mission of VETERANS ONE HAND UP INC is to provide limited financial assistance for honorable Veterans of Georgia who are facing a temporary, unexpected, financial hardship which can be primarily resolved through such assistance (a single hand up). Currently, the maximum assistance is $500. Present monthly donations allow […]
September 20th – POW/MIA Recognition Day A time set aside to remember those who were prisoners of war (POW) and those who are missing in action (MIA), as well as their families. National League (Link)
“Together we understood what terror was: you’re not human anymore. You’re a shadow. You slip out of your own skin, like molting, shedding your own history and your own future, leaving behind everything you ever were or wanted to believed in. You know you’re about to die. And it’s not a movie and you aren’t […]
Grace …getting what one doesn’t deserve?
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