Learning How to Talk About War Helped Their Family Heal
You can’t hide anything from your children, John Sims learned. When their family began talking openly about his three decades of service, the healing began.
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War Trauma Spread Through His Family Like a Virus
Colonels shouldn’t appear to be traumatized, John Sims was told. But after decades of war he needed help if he and his family were going to survive.
After 30 Years and Four Wars, One Explosion Opened the Floodgates
“Colonels don’t bleed,” John Sims’ friend said before Sims deployed to Afghanistan. Shortly after, a suicide car bomber blew up the first SUV in Sims’ convoy.
