#131 Unspoken Abandonment

I told you earlier that I wanted to post another blog in the last blog post. I do realized that I haven't post anything about what I have been reading lately. If you follow me on Goodreads, then you know lately I have been in non-stop reading especially that last 2 weeks. That is usually what happens; I get in a mood where I don't read for awhile, then in a split second something changes and I can't stop. Well I am in my can't stop mood right now.

I had just read The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller and was waiting for the sequel All You Desire to come in. (We will save this for another book review). So I opened my Kindle App on my computer (thank you apple). I had bought the book I am about review around the July 4th weekend when it was 99 cents. So I decided to read it. I really think everyone should read it.

Unspoken Abandonment by Bryan Wood. Below is what I posted in my Goodreads profile:
First off, I have to tell you that I usually don't read books on this subject, but I have to say that I am sure glad I did. This book wasn't about being a Democrat or Republican or any other political party. I wasn't about whether you are for or against the war either. This is story of one man's journey to get back to "normal," whatever normal may be. They review may go over many edits over the next few days as what I read sinks in and I have more time to think about what I actually read. 

I am taking a quote from this book because it sums something I want to say, "things like this in television or movies is one thing, but when it is right in front of your face, day in and day out, it is something completely different." Wood, Bryan (2012-02-16). Unspoken Abandonment (p. 69). . Kindle Edition.

I know that I will never truly understand what Mr. Wood and other soldiers like him went through, because I have never been their and I know I will never have the opportunity to know what being a soldier is like, cause frankly, I know I cannot do it. As I sat watching the Olympics while reading I found myself tearing up at some parts while silently really thinking about what I was reading. I found myself learning a little bit more about myself and the person I want to be in the future.

I will not give away anything about this story cause I think everyone should read it. This story of one man's journey truly effected me as a person and as an American. So all I ask is that you please read it and decide for yourself.

Lastly, I want to thank Mr. Wood for telling your story and putting it out there for the world to see and read. I also have to thank the soldiers in all the branches of the military and in other countries for giving up and sacrificing parts of their lives so that people like me and rest of Americans can live in the "home of the free and the brave."