03/09/2026
No calls. Please. 🤣
-But for real, it’s been a crazy week. I cannot tell yall what’s wrong because I don’t even know. One day I am just fine and the next I can barely walk and need a walker to even stand. Posting because everything that is wrong with my body has its roots in my time in service in the military. I was just a young girl with no money, with a high ASVAB score, prior athlete, college credits, and an admin role. Howwww did I get here?! My first month in the Navy I was picked up for a combat billet with the Seabees and was stuck in that billet for the rest of my career. I sometimes still did admin but was mostly needs of the Navy- doing any and everything especially as I made rank. 6 gas chambers, OC spray, umpteen fitness tests, all types of tactical trainings, special weapons trainings, 1 2-year deployment (bc of covid), MST, lots of physical and mental trauma, burn pits, vehicle accidents, falls, fires, water training, sea missions, and 1 medical retirement later here I am: Fit, muscular, and seemingly healthy. And yet, I had to re-learn how to walk this week. Chronic pain is my norm and so is PTSD, anxiety and depression. This is not how you should live at 32. Please please consider what you are signing up for when you join the military; it is truly a gamble, no matter how you play the game. I am doing much better today, and walking upright. Feeling good! Some people aren’t as lucky. 🫶🏾
✨ If you like artwork: my work is a study of the journey of young veterans after military service. Fighting PTSD, depression, anxiety, and whatever they sacrificed. I use botanicals and natural elements to breathe LIFE into them.
