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The emotional trauma from enduring the pandemic
By: Ellen Lenox Smith My family is so lucky, we are all here today! My husband and I are fully vaccinated, and our...
A letter to healthcare providers: Help complicated patients
By: Ellen Lenox Smith I would like to make some suggestions for the doctors and nurses out there that are frequently...
Michele Rice
Michele Rice had always wanted to be a teacher. She graduated with a BA in liberal studies from California State...
Ellen Smith
Ellen Smith is living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a progressive degenerative connective tissue disorder...
April Nesmith
Sidelined by a mysterious event, she still gives it her all In her twenties, April Nesmith was a pre-med biology, Army...
Kathryn E. Benson
“I know that what I am enduring makes me brave” For the past 12 years, Petty Officer Second Class (E-5) Kathryn E....
Sean Major
Advocating for medical cannabis for veterans in need From a young age, the male influences in Sergeant Sean Major’s...
Pamela Smejkal
Pamela Smejkal joined the United States Army at the age of 22 in 1996, honoring her desire to travel and join...
Mel Hempstead
Embracing complementary medicine for pain relief “I always wanted to be someone who served in defense of this...
Heriberto Vidro
Heriberto Vidro is a father, husband and United States hero. Enlisting in the Army Reserves in 1980, Vidro, as his...
Herb Worthington
Herb Worthington was a newlywed and recent graduate of the prestigious New York Phoenix School of Design (later known...