My Husband, My Soldier,
My Forever Soulmate
When
I think Mental Health, I think about my husband, a hero, my hero.
By Susan Binnie
Dwayne Gerald Binnie is a Man, a Son, a Dad, Grandfather a Soldier.
He fought for all of us so we can have the freedom we have become accustomed to. I believe there are some men who are meant to be soldiers and others who aren’t.
life as he was instructed to be something he was not. He lost friends who were killed on duty. Survivor’s guilt came in and played its part. As did the guilt of not being home with his wife and children. He changed, they changed... Every time he came home from tour a little piece of him was left behind. He was not aware of the changes. For him it was more about seeing the changes in his children. How much they had grown, how much he missed them. He knew that he was providing support to his family, but where was the support for him.
He did the job he was hired to do, but he is a quiet, non-confrontational man who has always done as he was told. He has not always been able to speak up for himself and did not have the strong aggressive nature needed to mentally withstand all that he was exposed to while overseas. He also could not conform to being a construction foreman in civilian
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