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THE EMOTIONS THAT WORDS CARRY

©CherieElainePhotography2024 The best way to spend down time is with a good book, good coffee (or good beer or good wine or iced tea), with the sun on my shoulders and quiet. Insert a good camping spot next to the lake and you have the perfect day of rest.  My current read and current nearly favorite author is Craig Johnson. He writes about a good country cowboy sheriff that goes by the name Walt Longmire. Perhaps you've heard of him. :-)  I loved the Netlfix series, and I am loving the books more. Until this morning. This morning I had to put down the current book I'm reading, Another Man's Moccasins, because of the recounting of war time. I am halfway through, and my heart just started breaking. My Uncle Bob, who served in Vietnam, my father-in-law, who served in WWII, my son-in-law, who served as a marine for five years, and my daughter and grandsons who served as well, being so young and so alone.  And the PTSD that follows these soldiers until their sorrows are vanquis

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