When you can see our troubles are the same

In the words of Cheers, I'm always glad you came.

editorial by
Chaplain Kathie

Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo - Cheers Lyrics
Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

This is a place where you can see our troubles are all the same, or at least, pretty close to it. This blog is here for a lot of reasons but the biggest one is broadcast media. I was so tired of complaining they are not paying attention to anyone serving and even less when it comes to veterans. I was tired of reading a story out of the other side of the country and then finding another one right here with no one connecting the two together. I always thought there should be one place where all of these news reports, mostly done by local reporters in tiny newsrooms, so that secrets would end.

When it comes to PTSD, if you believe you are the only one with it, you feel alone but if you find some place where others are going through it too, the world is not so lonely for you. You can find the good, bad and the ugly but most of all I try to give you hope.

Now, frankly, I have not been very good at promoting this blog. I could excuse this by pointing out there are only so many hours in the day, so the more I spent away from posting, the less that gets covered. If I did that, I wouldn't be totally honest. I've never been good at self-promoting and I don't enjoy it at all. It has taken many weeks of thinking about doing this to get up the gumption to do it now.

I don't get paid to do this. I was so lousy at asking for donation that I lost my tax exempt because I couldn't even afford to renew it. There is something I do need from you and it won't cost you a dime. It will only cost you the time to subscribe and forward an email. That's all I want back from you.

When you subscribe you get a daily email with all the posts done that day. This blog moves fast so it is hard to keep up with it. With the alert, you have the link right there. If you think a story is important, pass it on with the link back and this way, reporters will know what you think it's important. This site is all about YOU! Let them know these stories do matter to you. You are also letting me know what kind of stories matter to you by the number of hits the post gets.

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