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cgod · 2738 days ago · link · · parent · post: We Need Memorial Day to Obscure the Unbearable Truth About War
I've thought of this memorial day the past two memorial days. I was going to close the shop a few hours early this memorial day and hang out with my family. A regular coustomers who is a veteran came in a few hours before close. I know the guy pretty well. I know he's a mess. He's told me many stories from his two tours in Iraq, some hilarious, others disturbingly macabre. He lost a job he loved this year over panic attacks related to his time in the service. He likes to stay until close. I stayed open. He didn't say much, which isn't like him, I didn't pry.