Sat with a guy for a couple hours listening to his story. The story where his buddy stepped on an IED and lost everything below his chest. They couldn't strap him to the gurney because there wasn't enough of him, he fell off the gurney even. He said he was typically the outgoing guy, telling jokes and being the center of attention but it was taking too much energy to keep up the image and pretend like nothing was wrong. He was the leader over 7 guys and just wanted to be strong for them. My heart broke for him. And his friend, Rupert, who has a one month old baby at home that will never know his dad.
Home in less than a month sounds so good.
My heart also breaks for these brave young men and women. Thank you, Liz, for being there for them. I am so proud of you, but my heart also breaks for you, that you have to see the atrocities of war first hand. April can't come soon enough.
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