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2009ish I entered into a very dark point in my life. I deployed to Afghanistan for the third time. I should’ve sat it out. After this deployment I was home 90 days before I found out I would deploy again in January of 2010. I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders.
My wife allowed me to deploy knowing that every time I step on that C17, there was a chance I would come back either hurt or dead. I deployed for my country but I but fought for my wife and daughters. One night while deployed in ‘09, I decided that this darkness need to end.
The harder I fought that darkness, the more I was challenged. Being in this state of mind haunted me for years. Realizing it was the price I had to pay for the chosen profession I choose to undertake.
I took my pain out on my family, friends, and teammates. Not understanding what that pain was I try fixing myself, by myself. That was the wrong answer. I also saw in my teammates the same pain I was in.
After years of struggling I realize I needed to set away to heal, and I did. I had to rediscover myself, and align myself with my core beliefs. I had to rediscover who I was. That rediscovery re-introduce myself to who I was.
Who am I?
I am a child of God.
I am a father, son, brother, husband, a leader.
I am a patriot who love his country regardless of its disfunctional pass.
I am now the best version of me.
For some reason I feel like somebody needed to hear this, because I am you.
I am a child of God.
I am a father, son, brother, husband, a leader.
I am a patriot who love his country regardless of its disfunctional pass.
I am now the best version of me.
For some reason I feel like somebody needed to hear this, because I am you.
If you need some one to talk to, DM.
