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Global Family Day
Global Family Day 2010
Serving food at Quality Life Center, Fort Myers, FL, January 2, 2010
Jammin' Christmas Night
Sisters jammin' around the fire
Jammin' Christmas Eve
Holly & Rebe sisters' jam
Jammin'
Holly and dad playing music
Prof Nancy
Gazing at the moon
New Year's Eve Blue Moon
Shooting the moon out my front door over my Neem Tree
About Me
- Professor Feraldi
- the poetry of dance makes my life worth living energizes my body cleanses my soul ...and makes me an infinitely better human being dancers disappear from the banality of earthly tedium to celebrate breathe embrace freedom and movement together
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I feel that a lot of veterans feel abandoned when they come back here and lose their camaraderie with their comrades. Think of it this way how would you feel if your only family for however long it may be moved away far enough so it was hard for you to see them or part of them got killed in action. In one way you still kind of want revenge and on the other hand at the same time you have no one that was there with you to talk to now that you came back and went back to people who are your family but cannot began to grasp what you experienced over there. My cousin came back and he is not the same in the eyes or personality wise like he used to be. His family says it is so nice to have you back and I bet you are happy you are home now. Well needless to say he says he feels like he has chickened out and abandoned his family over there, and he didn’t, he served twice over there, but he has such a love or camaraderie for his second family.
Leaving them feeling so alone that they give up on life and slowly but surely fall into such a slump that they enter poverty, lose their really family and never recover from all of the trauma that they seen.
As the wife of a posthumous veteran I have had much dealing with the VA system and with veterans in general. I have taken the opportunity to speak with a number of "homeless" veterans who claim that they choose to be that way. After serving in the situations they have been in, it's easier not to be enclosed. Others have found themselves with diminished capacities (mentally and physically) without the care of loving family members, unable to work and with little help from State and Government officials to care for their needs; leaving them with little choice.
I believe that a lot of veteran's are homeless because of the economy and its funds. And that is sad, you would think that the goverment could at least make it possible for veterans and their families not to be homeless,considering that they have served for their country for years at a time, leaving their love ones behind on an not knowing basis on their return home. And seeing that they do return home they have nothing to come too.
We have a son in Iraq that just returned to Germany. He loves the army and to come home is to come and see his buddies and then back to his job Serving The Army. That is his choice that is what he wants to do. I know we worry and I know we miss him and love him to but we have no say he is an adult and he that soldier, that is his job.Memorial Day for those who have lost a loved one is a very sad yet you should be proud that your loved one did what he wanted to do serve in the american services to save our country. Bless them all and God be with all of us!!
Professor, I work in a psychiatric facility where there are several military servicemen. Most are diagnosed with PTSD, Depressive Disorders,etc. Some are really hurt about the treatment received upon their return from duties. Regarding homelessness, I could only relate it to mental health problems, divorce, debt related issues, addiction, social seclusion.......
I feel many veterans are homeless today because some have mental issues either it be PTDS or depression or they are too ashamed to seek out professional help or don’t know where to get it. This in turn can making them lose their civilian job(s), meaning there’s no funds coming in to pay their bills and they end up losing everything leaving them homeless. I know there can be many other factors and they can be more complex, I am just talking about an instance that is close to home.
Veterans are homeless for numerous reasons. They could be homeless from substance abuse problems, mental illness refusing to get treatment, Communities that are disadvantaged in giving help, and most were and are poor single men. The reason for the lack of VA health care is because of paper work and commitment. It is a hassle getting VA health care. You must obtain y9our original discharge paper work and for most veterans that was too long ago or it’s been simply misplaced. The military community does hold onto records but in order to get those records you have to fill out papers at a military base and wait however long it takes for them to respond. For most homeless men they don’t have an address or phone to be contacted for the possibility of getting health care. Homeless veterans are men and woman but the federal aid assists females with families first before single men. Also, if they don’t have life threatening health conditions they are pushed further back on the waiting list for housing. Homeless veterans account for 23% of the homeless Americans out there. I personally believe that its shame that these men and woman go and put their life on the line to fight for the country to which we all live in but they can’t even get health care or a roof over their heads. It’s a shame but then again it’s not a shame if they chose that path. No one chooses a path to lose their job but if they choose to give up and not look for a job anywhere and everywhere then they chose that path. So is it really the veteran are homeless because of the government or is it because they chose these paths and gave up before it was too late? This is a very touchy subject but there’s my insight.
Retrieved November 15, 2009 from url http://www.nchv.org/background.cfm.
Do you see many veterans in your current jobs in the health professions?
Thank you all for your comments regarding homeless veterans. Veterans' health care topics are always welcome for papers.
I am posting Julia Butterfly Hill's blog here just because I think it is interesting.
//juliabutterflyhill.wordpress.com/
My blog quote of the day:
"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something."
-- Thomas H. Huxley
I also feel like some of the others that vetrens may feel abandoned by either family, friends or those in government. They come home to no jobs available to them it takes forever for them to get assistance in the mean while they have to live and no puts a rush on it after they just served our countries. It is a sad situation.
Am I in the right place for leaving a comment. I am so confused.
Professor I found my way here . Don't know if this is where i should be or I don't even know exactly how i got here..........lol
Hello students,
View this video for inspiration and hope for the future.
Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil - Rob Hopkins (2009)
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~3/A11Fvii3eng/696
Professor my life friend was and maybe still is a POW so I understand what they go through I just wish there was more we could all do for them.In fact he got spit on when he got home from nam, and just does things the way he wants and I let him ,he will be 61 in may and he is filling it from the effects of agent orange.But the worst is the night mares and screams .I do not worry about them I just wait for him to wake up and realize he is safe.
Hi Professor,
You have some wonderful and interesting pics. Thanks you for sharing it is nice to see who is trying to have patience with me. I'm sure students like me can be a challenge to a professor. Lol. I know I'm a challenge great site, thank you again. Denise Fickel
I did forget to say how I appreciate your dedication to our vets, I have alot of military background in my family and I will share these comments.
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