Last week, we finally found out what Charlie did to get thrown out of the Army shrink's office with an MP escort. He told the truth. Many of you commented and stated that you weren't sure how you would have reacted to news that your husband told the shrink he was dreaming of throwing her out the window . . . let's see what happens next.
Cupping my hands around my mouth and nose, I closed my eyes. I didn’t have time to draw a breath before he continued.
Cupping my hands around my mouth and nose, I closed my eyes. I didn’t have time to draw a breath before he continued.
“Her eyes got real wide. Real, like, deathly wide. Then she went all white and picked up the phone.” Charlie gave a little laugh, breaking the solemnity that had filled the car. “Then the MP’s came. Thought they were gonna arrest me, and I said for what, telling the truth?”
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A lesson to be learned. . .always tell the truth, sometimes. There's a lot of humor in this snippet.
ReplyDeleteThank you for catching that underlying layer of humor, Charmaine. This story really has so much of it scattered about, but you just have to peel back a few layers to find it <3 Happy Sunday, my friend.
DeleteThis must have all been so very hard to live through, glints of humor or not. I really admire the way you're presenting the events and I can't wait to be able to read ALL of it. You have a lot to say that other people can benefit from reading IMHO.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Veronica! I hope my words do help someone, somehow, when they're published :-) I look forward to doing the final touches once the kids go back to school <3
DeleteWow...just wow. Every time I finish reading one of your excerpts, I want to give you a hug.
ReplyDeleteAwww, Teresa, that made me tear up!! <3 I can't wait until this story is fully told even though, in a sense, it is still unfolding since we still fight the PTSD monster from time to time.
DeleteJust a glint of humor there, a little black though it may be. This is an incredible story!
ReplyDeleteChristina, you are so right. <3
DeleteI think Charlie's wife is in trouble. It's still too close for comfort...my nephew with PTSD just had his live-in girlfriend of several years leave him out of fear.
ReplyDeleteYes, the safest thing to do is always get out, to get away. My prayers to your family Ed <3
DeleteIt's heart-breaking, but for their own happiness (and peace of mind), the MPs should have taken him in. The truth spoken, often suggests a darker truth unspoken.
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