By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium, Taking Off The Armor) (‘She” is used in this story, but in reality there are a lot of “hes” rocking it out too.) […]
Author Archives: Coming Home Well
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium, Taking Off The Armor) “So, Jim went over to his apartment and took the guns.” I was talking to a spouse of an […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) Around 2004 I was in the military, stationed at RAF Lakenheath in England, working as a Labor and Delivery nurse. One night shift […]
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And is often underdeveloped By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) “““When I retired from the military in 2020 I was a tense ball of knots. I had zero idea […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) I was out walking the dog listening to a random podcast and heard the statement “Simple is often the most profound.” Profound. I […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer My military friend, and fellow blogger, Travis, and I were discussing kintsugi the other day. The term means golden journey and is the Japanese art of repairing […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (updated for CHW, original post on Medium, Taking Off The Armor) Many years ago, I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath, working in the Obstetrical Unit. We had […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (updated for CHW, original post on Medium, Taking Off The Armor) They say you know when it is time to leave the military, and it is a […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium) Our dog, Amelia, died a few years back. She was 16 years old, deaf, had cancer, survived a surgery they didn’t think she’d […]
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By Donna Hoffmeyer (original post on Medium, Taking Off The Armor) A few years back I was taking care of a service member with significant PTSD from an ambush in […]