Serving and Honoring Pg 2

Combat Nurse

Twenty five years of trauma both in the streets of Washington DC , York and Iraq

Writings Page

The Haunting

The haunting from the ghosts of all that have died and the haunting of all forms of trauma that the survivor endures

Duty

Young female corpsman in Iraq climbed to top of a high bunker to fly her nation's flag despite the then order not to "offend the Iraqis by displaying the flag she was fighting for. Noone stopped her.

Rollerbird-Part 1

Leap of Faith - Part 2

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Transformation-Part 3

Three part series starting with rollerbird and ending with transformation: For discussion: "Rollerbird" standing at the cliff's edge with the possibility of either falling or jumping very near. She is unaware of the rollerbird her guardian above her. The rollerbird is colorful full of spirit and life yet she is empty, hollow  and fading. "Leap of Faith"- In order to heal she must take a leap of faith. To let herself take the risk to heal. She isnt jumping into the abyss as a means of suicide. She is turning herself over to faith and leaping into the abyss realizing that healing will not occur without risk. In doing so she is no longer vacant and hollow she has taken on the colors of her guardian, she has permitted to let those colors flow through her in order to have the strength to heal. "Transformation"- As she goes deeper into the abyss of the trauma, of the suffering she has endured the light of the rollerbird and her openness is transforming her from victim to survivor, from injured to healed.