Bill (L) (4 years, 2 months, Army) riding his Honda Rebel in Mount Vernon, WA with is son Mike (R) (30 years, retired Air Force)
Bill: “Over the next 45 years I tried to find normalcy, but it was hard. I constantly moved, changed jobs and bounced through relationships looking, hoping that the next place, the next relationship or the next job would accept me and give me what I thought I was missing. I made unrealistic promises to my children as they were growing up in hopes that they would accept me and I could be what they needed. I failed miserably. One of my children refused for years to forgive me for my failed promises. I tried to understand it all, but many times the depression became more than I could handle. I would run away again, to a new job or to a new location….”
You can read Bill’s full story: https://warriorfilms.org/bill_story/
Bill has also written a poem: https://warriorfilms.org/bill_poem/
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