11/11/2025
I normally write a lovely post about my amazing husband on Veteran’s Day, but I woke up to him actually making a Facebook post for once, so I want to share it.
It’s very easy to get wrapped up in life and to think me me me. We can’t even comprehend the millions of people we will never even know and that their lives go on right alongside ours. It’s crazy how things big and small will affect you for the rest of your life. It’s crazy how things that don’t affect you get 5 seconds of thought before you forget them but can continue to negatively affect someone years later. My husband was once told by a doctor that because he was not physically present for some of the traumatic events in his life, they must not contribute to his PTSD. Thankfully over the years we’ve learned and interacted with doctors who have continued to learn. These are the things our soldiers still live with:
“I tend to be quiet on Veterans Day. I can’t explain it, I think it’s important to honor our veterans, but it just makes me uncomfortable.
This veteran’s day I wanted to address something that has been bothering me for a while and recognize some unsung heroes. I want to honor the members of the Afghan Army and the interpreters I served with.
These men loved their country as much as I love mine. Some of them fought the Russians in the 80’s, fought with the Northern Alliance and then with the ANA. I trained and lived with these men and we turned our backs on them and abandoned them.
It bothers me that I don’t know what happened to any of them, but it’s probably better I don’t know. Some of the terps were dual citizens and I tell myself they must have made it out, but I don’t know.
( I have blurred their faces because it’s likely many of them didn’t make it out after the withdrawal and if they haven’t been killed, they are still being hunted.)”
