Articles for category: Reflections from the Road

April 21, 2025

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Old white church with a cross on top and a "For Sale" sign in front, symbolizing abandonment and transition. Clear blue sky and bare trees in the background.

How a Truck Breakdown Led to a 25-Year Reunion on Easter Weekend

Well, this has been an interesting weekend. It’s an Easter weekend reunion—of all days. Four-twenty-2025. Easter Sunday. Yeah, imagine that. 420 and Easter weekend. Not necessary a “risen” I was expecting, buuut it’s me, writing these words like an unfiltered, 7-year-old Sasquatch boy. I love that kid so much! This post is about how a truck breakdown led me to a 25-Year reunion on Easter weekend. Anyway, I’m in Montgomery, Alabama. I’m here because, well, I wasn’t supposed to be—but I am. You see, I was home after long months of trucking and wanted to enjoy at least ten days

April 5, 2025

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Military C-130 Hercules and two Black Hawk helicopters flying in clear blue sky in coordinated formation.

Military Goodbye Trauma

The military has jargon—terminal leave, short-timer’s syndrome, pre-deployment grief. But none of those phrases capture the moment your closest friend walks away toward a gate, not daring to turn around. You feel his ribcage tense. Yours caves in. That’s not just loss. That’s psychological trauma from saying goodbye when no one gives you the tools to do it.