"Go For Shakedown" — Canadian Griffon Helicopters in Afghanistan

As I review and edit the book, I stumble through numerous contemplations. I thought I would share one….

…A few days had passed, and I tried to function. I was a stick in the family spokes of progress. They were functioning without me.

Yesterday, the important decisions were about life and death— identifying Taliban, evacuating dead and wounded, watching patrols, and responding to lethal ambushes. Now the important decisions of home life were to ensure the garbage was out and the kids weren’t late for school. Ironically, equally important, one was for the prevention of death, the latter for the sustainment of orderly life.

I was elated to be home yet stoic….