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\"\"I come from a long line of people who served our country. My father (on the left), served in the Vietnam War, as did my grandfather (WWII), and my great-grandfather (WWI). My uncle served, and a cousin is currently in the military.<\/p>\n

I can’t yet prove that I’m related, but I found someone who is probably an ancestor in the military rolls of the revolutionary war.<\/p>\n

Today, on Veteran’s Day, I am thankful for all the sacrifices that my forefathers made to help make our country free.<\/p>\n

But I also think about the sacrifices our family<\/em> made. My dad was in the military when I was born. His<\/em> dad was in the military when he was born. And so was my dad’s dad. God bless my foremothers.<\/p>\n

And then there’s the affect of war on those families.<\/p>\n

Author Christal Presley<\/a>‘s new book, Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD<\/em><\/a>, tells the devastating effects the Vietnam War had on her family. As her website says, “this memoir reveals how one daughter and her soldier-dad faced their demons of post-war trauma in a series of thirty-day conversations.”<\/p>\n

I haven’t yet read the book, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to, since her story so closely mirrors mine. I applaud her courage in writing the book, and for putting it in the world, and for shining a light on a dark place you may not have ever considered: the cost of war reaches far beyond the men and women in the military. It touches their families as well.<\/p>\n

Someday, I hope to write a family memoir about this, but for now, I just contemplate the story, and how it has shaped me.<\/p>\n

This veteran’s day, absolutely thank a vet, but thank their loved ones too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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