Sometimes I feel just like running away. Usually it is when he cannot hear me. I feel like screaming or shouting or crying! What will get him to come to the surface so he can be there to care? When our vets go into their caves, their safe numb place, it hurts us terribly.…
DetailsI witnessed something today that really ruffled my marbles! Deeply disturbing. While munching my lunch in my parked car in an unfamiliar neighborhood, I had a front row seat to a mini melodrama. An older man was wheeling a suitcase out to the car for an older woman (I assume they were married) followed…
DetailsAre you ever afraid to say things to your vet, wondering what wild card is in place today that will set him (or her) off? Walking on eggshells and weighing every word has come to be the norm for many of us. Even though this is typical, it is so discouraging, frustrating, scary, and…
DetailsEnjoying a lively conversation last night over dinner with some other vet wives, we landed- as we often seem to do-on the notion of learning. One of the ladies, married for over 20 years to a veteran with PTSD said, “I’ve been learning so much about how to live over the years. But believe…
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