Stories

I was in the coastguard for several years. When we started having kids, my wife and I made the decision for me to “come home” and look for a different...

When I got back from the Marine Corps, I found a job at a big lumber and home supply store. I thought I’d like working overnight— no customers.

It wa...

I got back from deployment where I worked in a MASH-type of unit, separated from the military, and got a job at a local hospital. I assumed it would b...

I’m the Fire Chief at the local station. One day, the Fire Inspector— a friend of mine— came to eat lunch.

I had my first floor office window open, b...

I still get anxious every time I deliver a warrant, eviction papers, legal documents, anything…

I know intellectually that some of these encounters— ...

I was first on the scene to a fatal accident at a busy intersection downtown. A young mother and her 19-month old son were the victims.

A classic “hi...

I was in my late 20s when I made a dumb decision and decided to drive home— alone— after a night of drinking. I was involved in a single-car MVA when ...

I was sitting in a class about PTSD & Moral Injury with other veterans when I realized something about myself. It may not seem like a big deal to you,...

My wife and I were at home. It was the middle of the night, the first year we were married, and we were asleep in our apartment in the downtown area o...

Pretty quick into the George Floyd thing I learned that a first responder— a paramedic like me— stood there and filmed the entire interaction. Her iPh...

I didn’t think a whole lot about having PTSD until my wife started telling me stories about things I did at night while I was asleep.

•  She told me
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I got out of the service and got my law degree. I didn’t serve long— just enough to pay for school. Because of that, though, and because my family is ...