This year has been a doozy so far! The year of 2020 will be known for introducing a new topic
of conversation that may have otherwise seemed quite odd. That topic would be, “cancelled vacations.” You may overhear this question as you dine in the parking lot of your local restaurant, “So, what vacations were cancelled for you this year?’ The answers range from places like Paris to New York and Scotland to the Rocky Moutains. The facial expressions used by those telling stories of their well-planned, but cancelled vacations look as sorrowful as if a favorite puppy was lost in the process. However, some people just shrug and say, “Oh, we hadn’t planned anything for this year.” Gulp. That should be shocking.
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 (Edited, originally written as a column for The Police Chief Magazine, an IACP Publication: Focus on Officer Wellness, Educating the Police Spouse) "Fatigue roughens up the edges of your nerves; it exposes your fears and your weakness. -June Havoc Imagine my surprise one evening while walking down a seedy street in Portland, Oregon with my family, when without control my entire body froze and I began to shudder with fear. “Linda, let’s keep walking” my husband replied. I couldn’t move. I had just passed an alleyway that looked identical to the scene that I had created in my imagination, when hearing of my husband’s shooting many years prior.
My body was stiff as the words my husband used to describe the entanglement that happened between he and a suspect replayed in my mind and, also seemingly replayed right before my eyes. The sun was setting and the darkness was brewing, I could imagine the fight, the bodies rolling around on the ground, his fellow officer in training and her apprehension regarding getting involved and the eventual horror of the outcome. I was simply paralyzed. |
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