Have you ever been startled? I have. I scare somewhat easily. I hate it. Imagine if you were in a combat zone and there were things that could startle you easily--bombs, hidden, not in plain sight. Loud noises. Gun fire. Not knowing where the gun fire was coming from or when to expect it. Some Veterans have a startle response. This might be … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2018
Hi, My Name is Cathrine, Not Catherine.
I realized after going through some posts that we may have some new followers or readers of our blog! If you are new, welcome! Hi! I'm so glad you are here. If you are a faithful reader, hey again. It's good to see you! When Sam came home with Memphis is 2016, going out in public was a little different for us. In fact, that different became our … [Read more...]
Healing Yourself
The past few weeks have been a blur. We've had some softball games (okay, we had four last week), we've had work, school, laundry, cleaning, you know the drill--a regular week when you are busy. It seems that we've hardly had time to breathe, to really slow down and stop to sit down and just take a few minutes to relax. Until this weekend. We … [Read more...]