FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops ~ 28 FEB 2015

My wife Terry wrote this, this morning;
To ALL in our Country & How I LOVE her!
March 1, 2015 at 1:02pm

Today is important day for me, Because i don’t know, but i do believe it is spoken to me from God, God is my heart and soul and that is where it is coming from. I have read many articles on here and answered many and disagreed on many, I have many Friends all over everywhere, America, overseas, I have many from Many religions and races, and I have Listened to all view points. I have Lost many friends because of my beliefs, and my views of things but it is what I believe. First of all I was born and raised in a very Patriotic family , many military people, and raised to love and respect my country, I have all My Life. I really am a Yankee Doodle Girl. I loved singing watching movies about Patriotism, Yankee Doodle Dandy. America the beautiful, God Bless America and the Star Spangled Banner, which if you live in America should know every single word to this, if you don’t, you should start learning it now. Our country needs help now and I know many of you know this, Republican, Democrat Libertarian Most of you know we are in trouble, if you can’t admit it ask God and think with your hearts. We have many brave people out there telling you be it Christian’s, Jew’s, Muslim’s Please wake up and listen to what their saying. Our rights are going away piece by piece, no matter what you think, remember many men and women have sacrificed their blood to keep us free, The things you have now are because of them, your freedom to go to the church , to obtain a gun, to protect your family, the right to vote all these things, So God Bless Our Veteran’s and all soldiers who are fighting to keep all our Freedoms. You are the best and brightest!! God Bless you all Now we have come to a point of our country things have gotten the worst we have seen, don’t deny it, it is happening. Right now we so desperately need God to into our lives and now God is sending one of his chosen Bibi Netanyahu to speak to us, if you are American, Listen to him!! Don’t ignore him he is one I believe God has sent here to tell us exactly what is happening. Please anyone who want’s to stop this you really aren’t true American’s and you do know who you are. Open your hearts Americans, Listen and take it all in. Don’t worry about how he is getting here, know it would take a lot to come here. Remember Jews are Gods Chosen People, they have been through hell and back, I know white’s, blacks, and many have also, But God chose them and there is a true reason!! So again if you do believe in God and Our country, our life, Pray for him!! Pray very hard. Pray again for our troops fighting for you, pray for leaders who need to make the right decisions for our country and for our lives. God Bless the Children of today, so they will get to see the true wonderful things are country can do and what America has been through. If we American’s white Black, and all stay together we can keep our America Beautiful!! God Bless all of you and God Bless Our America, One Nation Under God

PTSD & TBI A Way Of Life added 3 new photos.

This week’s survivor story is from Mike Suchman a Marine Veteran.

Mike is an active supporter of this page, and it is always a pleasure to read his comments and banter!

Thank you for being brave, blunt and typically honest and sharing your story with us. Over to you Mike...............

I post this in the hopes that other folks do not make the same mistakes that I, we, my wife & I have made.

First of all I am a multiple head injury survivor, my first ones that I can recall were in high school, I played football & broke 2 helmets in the same place both times, broke a steel pulley in weight lifting class, then after school I had enlisted in the United States MARINE CORPS and was knocked out 2 times in Boot Camp, in combat training.

I rode motorcycles, not the big street bikes but the smaller enduros street & dirt bike and had a few minor accidents I ALWAYS wore my helmet when riding too, I had also worked as both armed & unarmed security officer in St. Louis Mo. & surrounding areas and I have been hit in the head a few times by suspects as they were trying to escape.

12 years later I re-enlisted back into the MARINE CORPS, due to not being able to support my family, I have been married for 21 years & with the mother of my kids for 22 years Terry, and yes it has not been easy at all.

My last head injury was November 5,1997, 2 weeks after my son was born and yes I was in another motorcycle accident, I was hit & run over by a person with NO lisc & NO insurance (3rd time caught) in Yuma,Az.

Had I not been wearing my helmet I would not be here for this, and it was at this time, that I was found to have several closed head injuries, but the therapies had not yet really been looked at or explored. My wife Terry, had only known that I had changed, but just could not just put her finger on how or why.

It was at this time, that I started getting violent with her; the littlest thing would set me off. I was even having problems at my duty station Crash Fire Rescue, military fireman and came very close to getting into several fights at the “Crash Barn” Fire Station.

So you can see I was headed into troubled waters very fast, it did not help that I could not find a decent job after being discharged for medical reasons and losing our home & being forced to move to Michigan and in with my Dad & his second family (and did that cause a lot of problems too just in its self).

Well after a lot of fights & troubles my wife Terry, gave me a choice, either go to a hospital, or go to jail, to my shame, I have abused my family physically, mentally & emotionally, & for this I am very truly sorry I chose to go the hospital.

The Dept. of Veterans Affairs did NOT want to get involved at this point yet.

When I was discharged from the hosp. I was introduced to a very good men’s issues counselor, he was the best in the county where we were living at, during this time.

He was able to start to figure out what my problems were and how can we best treat them.

Nothing comes easy either; I had a few setbacks along the way to recovery. I was even hospitalized a couple of more times, but these were at the VA hospital in MI, and this is when I was prescribed my large amount of meds. I take so many that when it is my bed time I rattle .....lol...... I take some for seizure control, anger management, mood stabilization, and other medical issues the joys of getting older.

I used to go for days without sleeping, live on gallons of coffee a day, eat very little good food, and generally not take care of myself, and this has led me to understand some of my triggers.

So now we have figured out that thunderstorms, flashing/strobe lights, i.e. cheap florescent lighting i.e. the CFL light bulbs, excessive amounts of stress, too much caffeine, very violent games, movies, etc...can set me back in my living.

A very big thank you to my wife who is my “keeper” Love you Terry.....LOL... voice of reason, and a million other un-named things of life.

I could go into even further about our lives, but this is a good start. So now I try to attend a head injury support group near me, and talk to middle school & high school students on the dangers of head injuries.

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