Thanks for stopping by this week. In the time since we've met last, we have had quite a few adventures: an interstate move, a mess of new baby animals added to the pack, and a family vacation to my cancer doctor down at MD Anderson. Scroll down for those posts, if you'd like to read about those adventures :-)
Now, to get caught up to speed on MISSI WANDERIN' IN THE WOODS, my forthcoming memoir where one woman must rely on her eclectic wilderness background to face a host of frontcountry problems, from a PTSD-infected marriage to an extreme cancer diagnosis.
In our last eight-to-ten sentence snippet, our fresh-from-Afghanistan Charlie had just gotten himself escorted from the Army psychiatrist's office by the MP's . . . but his pregnant wife has yet to find out why.
Charlie quit his cyclic observation of our
surroundings and stilled in his seat. “I answered her truthfully and said that yes, yes I do think of killing,
dream of killing . . . often.”
Chills chased each other up and down my
spine, dancing a terrifying dance that brought beads of sweat to my face.
“That’s not all.” Charlie’s voice was
uncharacteristically soft, “then she said I got a funny look on my face and she
got real sarcastic and said ‘Well what are you thinking about right now?’”
I swiped at the pearls of sweat that had
begun their epic descent. Already, I dreaded hearing what would come next.
“So again, I told the truth . . . I told her I
was thinking about what sound her body would make when I threw her out that
second story window and she hit the concrete sidewalk below.”
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Oh my! That sent a cold chill down my spine!
ReplyDeleteMe too, reliving it through the written word, Kim.
DeleteWhat do you do in that situation? Powerful snippet told in a factual way.
ReplyDeleteThank you Charmaine :-) Believe me, this is like teetering at the top of a roller coaster, white knuckled, with nowhere to go but down.
DeleteOh my. I'm at a loss for words now, - how does one cope with a situation like this? Powerful snippet.
ReplyDeleteThank you Veronica :-) <3
DeleteChilling. I don't know how someone would even deal with this. Gripping snippet.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen! Thank you :-)
DeleteOh wow, wow, wow. I loved epic beads of sweat, and those were before his last words. Chilling and beautifully written!
ReplyDeleteThank you sweet lady! <3 <3 <3
DeleteThere are some chilling thoughts going on inside his mind. It's probably going to take a lot of work to heal his scarred psyche.
ReplyDeleteCarrie-Anne, you are sooo incredibly right. Believe me when I say it gets even more chilling as time goes on. Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteAnger problems, definitely anger problems. I fear for the wife, partly because this hits awfully close to home. My nephew's wife just this weekend left because of his violence and post-Iraq PTSD, and by God she was right to do so.
ReplyDeleteStuff ALWAYS escalated for us around the holidays as well and he would have a flip-out, meltdown, breakdown, fit . . . all of the above. Your nephew's family is certainly not alone and in my prayers, if I can be of any help please let me know Ed. I agree, my heart goes with her because I too have walked in those heavy, heavy steps. <3
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