Coming home…a very personal journey

Posted by Chrystina Tovani on February 14, 2009

This is a moving tribute by a fellow veteran returning from duty in Iraq.

There are no words that I can express for the emotions that this video stirred in my heart. So touching, so real and personal.  ~ Chrysti

I present you, “I Will Keep You In My Eye (a place on the map)”. by Susan http://www.youtube.com/user/ooolong9

This video does not specifically represent all of the views of the United States Armed Forces.

Just like everything else in life, war is an individual experience. It’s not a political objective, it’s a change of life. Personally I had it so very lucky in comparison.

I posted this video, because I was trying to work Misty Mayhems music into a video. I listened to this song about lost love, and all I could think of was Iraq. Taking a shower I tried to wash the idea down the drain because I swore that I would never post something like this, or do anything that would publicly credit myself. Not because I am ashamed, quite the opposite, but not prepared to openly share this experience, which I hadnt done until now, with out lacing it with a sense of patriotism to mask my more subtle feelings on the matter.

These people touched my life, and like others, my thoughts turn to them, and this experience. I know not everyone feels the same, and understandably so.

Lessons learned: When away from family, friends, car, TV shows, and most of my worldly attachments, and put my efforts into a cause that I believed in, I found a sense of peace that I had rarely found before, and never for any duration of time. This wasn’t in a church house; it was in my heart. Not that there was all peace and love there, but when I actually stopped and taught someone something, helped somebody, it was always there.

At those times I found the person I could be.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ooolong9

“I’m Not Here” by Mysti Mayhem
Used with permission
http://www.youtube.com/mystimayhem
thank you Mysti.