If you ever had the chance to meet Bernard “Bud” Earl Ware, Sr. it is unlikely that you would have forgotten him. Don’t be sad that he is gone. Be happy that you knew him. 5/2/1923 – 6/28/2020 What an amazing life. From plowing fields behind horses and delivering milk in wagons, the Depression, WWII,…
FEBRUARY 1. Black History Month – Month of February 2. Four Chaplains Day – February 3 3. USO Birthday – February 4 4. National Salute to Veteran Parents – Week of February 14 5. Coast Guard Reserve Birthday – February 19 MARCH 6. Women’s History Month – Month of March 7. Navy Reserve Birthday –…
Happy first day of May 2020! Every year during my birthday month, I like to do a fundraiser for a favorite charity. This year, as I have done the past few years, I have selected Newman Nation: Senior Pets United in Libertyville, Illinois. My fundraiser on Facebook will be open from 5/1/20 through 5/31/20 here:…
The V.A. has enabled me to do a lot of my PTSD therapy at home via Telehealth. I was provided with an iPad mini for this purpose. The last several weeks I have done therapy at home, and am very grateful for this. I’m able to stay home and stay safe, while my state is…
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2020 I’ll start this off by reminding readers that I am not a mental health professional. I write from the perspective of a person who lives with a myriad of mental and emotional health issues. Those that have followed my haphazard blog along it’s bumpy road, know some of the reasons and…
ILLINOIS COVID19 EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TEXT LINE IL residents can text ‘TALK‘ to 552-020 to speak with a local mental health counselor, and can also use this text line to be put in touch with services related to unemployment and food because of COVID19.
Well, here it is. April 12, 2020. Easter Sunday. I doubt there are many people that would have believed the difference between Easter last year, compared to this year. I can speak for myself and say I wouldn’t have believed it, had anyone told me this is the way it would be. We are several…
I have this huge purple notebook that I used for journaling, and general note-taking while I was in residential treatment for PTSD. I also had smaller notebooks, one for each specific class. I was leafing through my purple one this morning, and found not only notes and journals, but also some “writings” interspersed among it’s…
I have not blogged since February of this year. For those of you that have followed my writing, you know my last post was about MST. In the months that followed, my depression worsened, and I really spiraled into despair. I wouldn’t even leave my house anymore, not even to go outside and fetch our…
I am a MST survivor. Military Sexual Assault. Sexual Assault. Rape. My sexual assault occurred in 1984 in Frankfurt, Germany. I had been in-country less than two weeks, and this was my first duty station. I was 18, a private (PV2), my rapist was a sergeant. Alcohol was involved. I was not able to stop…
