He is not a Hero, I am not a Saint

I wrote another post for Medium.com. It is a short piece on how others seem to perceive our marriage.

Have you ever called a Military Member a hero? Did you notice how he shrank from the term, brushed it off or made a joke about it? Most military members who have been in combat and lived to tell the tales are not eager for the title of hero. If you ask, most will tell you the heroes are the guys who don’t come home.

As the spouse of one who did come home to struggle with a brain injury, survivor’s guilt and post-traumatic stress disorder among other things, I have been called a saint or angel far too often...

You can read the rest here: https://medium.com/my-modern-marriage/2f4c8b32a0e4

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