I’m white, straight, and a veteran — exactly the kind of person you might not expect to write a defense of Pride Month. Maybe that’s exactly why I should.
Category: Veteran
Service members carry stories that rarely make headlines. This category explores the human dimensions of military life and its aftermath — from mental health and identity to belonging, sacrifice, and what it means to come home.
Memorial Day
Memorial Day is not a barbecue. It is a day to sit with the weight of what it cost for this country to exist — and to ask honestly whether we are honoring that sacrifice or betraying it.
I’m Fine
I came home from Saudi Arabia, stopped swimming, and told my doctor I was fine. I said that for twenty years. It didn’t make me stronger. It just made me sicker.
Not Forgetting
I want this nation to heal. But let me be clear — healing is not forgetting. Healing is not looking the other way. You cannot build something whole on a rotten foundation.
The Oath
I know good people — kind people — who voted for Trump. I like them and I’m troubled by them at the same time. That tension tears me apart. And I don’t think I’m alone in that.
