Comments on: Coming home…a very personal journey http://homesbychrysti.com/VFWPost4647/2009/02/a-very-personal-journey/ Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 4647 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:29:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chrystina Tovani http://homesbychrysti.com/VFWPost4647/2009/02/a-very-personal-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Chrystina Tovani Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:23:18 +0000 http://homesbychrysti.com/VFWPost4647/?p=254#comment-38 I came back to look at this after reading about a Sacramento man who took his own life 15 months after returning from Iraq. http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1937045.html So sad. I wish there was a way to reach out and help ease the burdens these people carry. I wish that people would not feel such a stigma attached to getting help for mental health issues. We need to change the way we think/talk and react about this and stop making jokes and causing people to be ashamed of asking for help when their very life depends on it. I think that coming home can be just as hard as being there. I came back to look at this after reading about a Sacramento man who took his own life 15 months after returning from Iraq. http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1937045.html

So sad. I wish there was a way to reach out and help ease the burdens these people carry. I wish that people would not feel such a stigma attached to getting help for mental health issues. We need to change the way we think/talk and react about this and stop making jokes and causing people to be ashamed of asking for help when their very life depends on it.

I think that coming home can be just as hard as being there.

]]> By: Ray Baisden http://homesbychrysti.com/VFWPost4647/2009/02/a-very-personal-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Ray Baisden Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:37:28 +0000 http://homesbychrysti.com/VFWPost4647/?p=254#comment-28 I am deeply moved by this. It is testament to the fact that Americans can and will carry out their duty while maintaining an awareness of and a sensitivity to what we are doing. This young soldier does credit to herself, to her country, and does it with remarkably perceptive artistry. Thank you I am deeply moved by this. It is testament to the fact that Americans can and will carry out their duty while maintaining an awareness of and a sensitivity to what we are doing.

This young soldier does credit to herself, to her country, and does it with remarkably perceptive artistry.

Thank you

]]> By: Scott Plachter http://homesbychrysti.com/VFWPost4647/2009/02/a-very-personal-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Scott Plachter Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:10:13 +0000 http://homesbychrysti.com/VFWPost4647/?p=254#comment-27 I was directed here through Mysti's StereoFame site...It was much more than I expected...beautiful a war story told than I have ever seen...tears followed with ease but warmth of soul remain....I was very young at the time when VietNam covered our entire being...but I will never forget everyday on every news program and printed media the video and printed awareness of war...the daily death toll and injured...in my little town of Brooklyn N.Y...no one I ever heard had anything but the most loving and most heartfelt words of pride for all our military...now as always a love for all that is good and with pride...you and everyone with the VFW...America loves you...Scott I was directed here through Mysti’s StereoFame site…It was much more than I expected…beautiful a war story told than I have ever seen…tears followed with ease but warmth of soul remain….I was very young at the time when VietNam covered our entire being…but I will never forget everyday on every news program and printed media the video and printed awareness of war…the daily death toll and injured…in my little town of Brooklyn N.Y…no one I ever heard had anything but the most loving and most heartfelt words of pride for all our military…now as always a love for all that is good and with pride…you and everyone with the VFW…America loves you…Scott

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