A Call for Comfort – Guideposts

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Early on a Sunday morning, I was startled awake by vivid, disturbing images, settling into my consciousness as if I had seen them in reality. In my dream, I had seen inside the office of a U.S. Army first lieutenant—walls adorned with matted certificates and a few framed army medals, a wooden desk and an American flag standing at attention in the corner. What frightened me were the pages of reports that sat front and center on the desk, with the word “suicide” written prominently across them.

 

I immediately thought of my brother, Mike, a first lieutenant Green Beret in the 82nd Airborne, on active duty at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Since he’d been on training missions, I’d barely talked to him—he was unreachable by phone.

 

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