I am a war veteran who has since come home and been diagnosed with PTSD. This is not abnormal for me or my Marine brothers. Since we came home many of my brothers have lost their battles in their minds to the devil. I have always had a passion for finding a way to help those suffering from PTSD because I understand the feeling of wanting to end it all and the pull of the trigger being just a second of pain before a release to a painless end. I also know the feeling of being the one sitting there at a funeral holding mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, wives, and children of those who left the world too early. I have been to more funerals and told more families I love them with all my heart than I care to count. Finding a way to help these individuals before they end it is a life pursuit of mine and something we will discuss here.

After spending 105 days in a burn unit next to an ICU watching many families grieve lost loved ones and even more people learn their lives will never be the same it started to weigh on my heart. Sadly, I have learned since my own accident the fact that the more unlikely for someone to survive an accident the more likely someone is to commit suicide. It is a sad statistic indeed but I found in my unique circumstance that I have the rare ability to understand the pain of tragedy and accident, while also knowing the pain of losing loved ones.

This weekly blog will be the true essence of why I wanted to start this blog in the first place. This will be the starting point for me to work with those affected by PTSD and Tragedy. Each Sunday I will post my heart on the screen for all to bare witness to and hopefully help others to combat the devil saying life would be better if you were dead.