Recently, while listening to the Literature of War podcast featuring a friend of mine, Worth Parker; I got to thinking about the written word. The letters soldiers send home, and the journals we keep during hard times. I am no patriot. I carried a certain level of dissonance about the war in Iraq which I’ve made abundantly clear in prior articles. I don’t have many regrets, but over the years I’ve begun to doubt a decision I made in 2009. I decided to burn my collective personal history so I could purge my past and redefine my future.
Thanks for sharing this. When you became a Christian all things were made new! You were born again and you left things behind. I did the same thing figuratively in 1980 in our house in FL when I accepted Christ. I “burned” my past. Nothing wrong with that! Love reading your articles. Keep the faith and keep it up my friend. Love you! Rick
Thanks Rick, yea when I used to do programs I always hinged on 2 Cor 5:17 about being a new creation when I’d speak. Things have worked out so far haha. Thank you for always engaging with these, it means a lot.
Thanks John! The irony is on Wednesday I wanted to skip this week and I heard that podcast and it triggered some memories. Last night I finished around 9pm haha. Came down to the wire. Also, I was going to refer to your substack too, I went for a ruck and did some push ups and felt more like myself, so thanks for putting out the content you do!
Fantastic piece, Stan. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for reading dude!
Thanks for sharing this. When you became a Christian all things were made new! You were born again and you left things behind. I did the same thing figuratively in 1980 in our house in FL when I accepted Christ. I “burned” my past. Nothing wrong with that! Love reading your articles. Keep the faith and keep it up my friend. Love you! Rick
Thanks Rick, yea when I used to do programs I always hinged on 2 Cor 5:17 about being a new creation when I’d speak. Things have worked out so far haha. Thank you for always engaging with these, it means a lot.
Damn, this was a good one Stan! "He had a corvette and I all I had was PTSD."
That line also grabbed me!
A few people have texted me this haha, it was my fav and I told my wife last night after I wrote it. Every once in a while I get a good one liner haha
Thanks John! The irony is on Wednesday I wanted to skip this week and I heard that podcast and it triggered some memories. Last night I finished around 9pm haha. Came down to the wire. Also, I was going to refer to your substack too, I went for a ruck and did some push ups and felt more like myself, so thanks for putting out the content you do!