life

Grandma at Lena and my wedding in 2005. About a month ago I had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of Vietnam veterans.  They asked several questions at the end of my talk that would be good subjects for blog posts.  This is one of them. “Have you ever thought about suicide?” The gentleman who’d asked it hadn’t seemed overly interested in my presentation--spent most of it staring at his plate of half-eaten food.  I had the impression it was a subject he was acquainted with. “Yes”  I answered.  And then I wondered why.  I’d [...]