Japanese Gardens

I used to hate reading other peoples’ poetry, and I think that it was because I was afraid of being in touch with my emotions. A couple of years ago my wife visited some oriental gardens in Washington and got some really beautiful pictures (if she lets me I’ll put up a gallery of them so you guys can enjoy them too.) and this poem made me think of her.

Find Robert Okaji at O at the Edges.

Coping with someone coping with PTSD

Wow, what a great article on PTSD and how to help your loved one that suffers from it. Thanks to agirlwithptsd for finding that. She really breaks the original article down better than I possibly could, so I recommend heading over to her site for the quick read, linked above, or go directly to the full article found here: Helping someone with PTSD